ROE V. WADE OVERTURNED

The Supreme Court has just overturned Roe v. Wade.

In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade which was the landmark ruling that established the “constitutional right to abortion”.

Justice Samuel Alito wrote the majority opinion and was joined by Justice Clarence Thomas,  the three Trump appointees Justices Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett.

Chief Justice John Roberts also sided with the Conservative Justices but gave a concurring opinion.

The Supreme Court has ended constitutional protections for abortion in a 5-4 decision by its conservative majority to overturn Roe v. Wade.@AP explains. https://t.co/fk9IWbTNsN pic.twitter.com/dEbiLnrn61

— The Associated Press (@AP) June 24, 2022

THE SUPREME COURT HAS OVERTURNED ROE V. WADE, ELIMINATING THE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO ABORTION.https://t.co/ZNYRs3QnpJ

— SCOTUSblog (@SCOTUSblog) June 24, 2022

CNBC had these details to share:

The Supreme Court in a 6-3 decision overturned Roe v. Wade, the landmark ruling that established the constitutional right to abortion.

Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, ending decades of federal abortion rights

The Supreme Court in a 6-3 decision on Friday overturned Roe v. Wade, the landmark ruling that established the constitutional right to abortion in the U.S. in 1973.

Justice Samuel Alito, as expected, wrote the majority opinion that tossed out Roe as well as a 1992 Supreme Court decision upholding abortion rights in a case known as Planned Parenthood v. Casey.

Alito was joined in that judgment by the five other conservatives on the high court, including Chief Justice John Roberts, whose support for overturning Roe had long been in doubt. The majority also included three justices appointed by former President Donald Trump: Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett.

The court’s three liberal justices filed a dissenting opinion to the ruling, which quickly drew protestors to the Supreme Court building on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.

“We hold that Roe and Casey must be overruled,” Alito wrote.

Donald Trump managed to get Roe v Wade overturned. There is a God, and He is confusing.

— Jeremy Boreing (@JeremyDBoreing) June 24, 2022

NPR covered the story too:

The U.S. Supreme Court officially reversed Roe v. Wade on Friday, declaring that the constitutional right to abortion upheld for nearly a half century, no longer exists.

Writing for the court majority, Justice Samuel Alito said that the 1973 Roe ruling and repeated subsequent high court decisions reaffirming Roe “must be overruled” because they were “egregiously wrong,” the arguments “exceptionally weak” and so “damaging” that they amounted to “an abuse of judicial authority.”

The vote was 6 to 3, with Chief Justice John Roberts writing a separate concurring opinion.

The decision, most of which was leaked in early May, means that abortion rights will be rolled back in nearly half of the states immediately, with more restrictions likely to follow. For all practical purposes, abortion will not be available in large swaths of the country. The decision may well mean too that the court itself, as well as the abortion question, will become a focal point in the upcoming fall elections and in the fall and thereafter.

Moloch’s rage can be felt. Stay on guard. Demons will be screaming.

— Cernovich (@Cernovich) June 24, 2022