Welcome to the Daily Article podcast for Tuesday, May the 3rd, 2022.

I'm Chris Elkins with the Denison Forum, narrating today's article written by Dr. Jim

Denison.

The Supreme Court has voted to strike down Roe v. Wade according to what Politico calls an initial draft majority

opinion. I intended today to continue Monday's discussion of mental health issues and biblical

encouragement. However, since the political report is such an obviously significant story, I will

shift to summarizing it, then we'll consider three

biblical responses. The draft, making global headlines today, was written by Justice Samuel

Alito and circulated inside the court. It was obtained by Politico last night and describes

it as a full-throated, unflinching repudiation of the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision,

guaranteeing federal abortion rights and the 1992 Planned Parenthood versus Casey decision that largely maintained them.

Alito writes, we hold that Roe and Casey must be overruled.

It is time to heed the Constitution and return the issue of abortion to the people's elected

representatives. Politico further reports that according to a person familiar with the court's

deliberations,

justices Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney-Barritt

voted with Alito in a conference after hearing oral arguments on Dobbs versus Jackson

Women's Health Organization last December. The lineup reportedly remains unchanged as of this week.

Justices Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor, and Elena Kagan are working on one or more dissents,

according to the source. It is reportedly unclear how Chief Justice John Roberts will ultimately vote and

whether he will join an already written opinion or draft his own. The draft opinion runs 98 pages

and includes a 31-page appendix of historical state abortion laws. According to Politico, it is replete with citations

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