Terrific idea and one Democratic governors and state legislatures should follow: Mr. Spitzer’s bill, the Reproductive Health and Privacy Protection Act, would update current law, which, for example, does not include a provision allowing for abortions late in pregnancies to protect a woman’s health. New York state laws on the books also treat abortion as […]
Why did O’Connor leave? The court did not explicitly overturn any of its precedents, although Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, writing for the four dissenters, said the decision was “so at odds with our jurisprudence” that it “should not have staying power.” Justice Ginsburg called the decision “alarming” and said the majority’s “hostility” to the right […]
With O’Connor gone and now with Alito and Roberts on board, the Supreme Court has ruled to uphold the Bush partial-birth abortion ban despite three federal appeals courts’ rulings against the government and thirty years of precedent. The long-term effects are clear: it’s the first step to banning abortion. What few people understand or are […]