Emergency Episode: Roe Is Overturned

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News Commentary, News, Government

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🗓️ 25 June 2022

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

The Supreme Court has released the long-awaited Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization decision. The news is bad.

Ruling in favor of Mississippi, the Court allows the state to ban nearly all abortions after 15 weeks. The opinion is written by Justice Samuel Alito, and is largely the same as the opinion that was leaked earlier this year. Alito writes, "The Constitution does not confer a right to abortion; Roe and Casey are overruled; and the authority to regulate abortion is returned to the people and their elected representatives."

Roe v. Wade, precedent that has guaranteed privacy and bodily autonomy for half a century, is dead, imperiling the access to reproductive healthcare for millions of people.

We know this has been a hard week, but what makes it a little lighter for us is knowing that you all are out there. Thanks for being a listener.

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0:00.0	We will hear argument this morning in case 1913-92,
0:04.0	Dobbs vs. Jackson Women's Health Organization.
0:12.0	Hey y'all, this is Riannan.
0:14.0	On this emergency episode of 5-4, Peter, Michael and I
0:18.0	are talking about the overruling of Roe vs. Wade.
0:21.0	In Dobbs vs. Jackson Women's Health, an opinion
0:24.0	which dropped yesterday, a 6-3 conservative majority
0:27.0	ruled that the Constitution does not protect the right to an abortion.
0:31.0	Roe vs. Wade and Planned Parenthood vs. Casey,
0:34.0	haunt our country. They have no basis in the Constitution.
0:37.0	They have no home in our history or traditions.
0:39.0	They've damaged the democratic process. They poison the law.
0:43.0	We've been saying that this was coming for a long time,
0:46.0	and we take no pleasure in being right.
0:49.0	I think that as you listen to this emergency episode,
0:52.0	you'll hear exhaustion and disappointment in our voices.
0:55.0	Many of you come to 5-4 to hear righteous anger,
0:59.0	full-throated indignation at the state of affairs at the Supreme Court.
1:03.0	Today, we are mourning the state of affairs.
1:06.0	On this episode, we give you our angle on the case,
1:09.0	the response by the Democratic Party,
1:11.0	and what we think is coming next regarding reproductive rights
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