Rogers admits she has had trouble sleeping. While the final opinion could be different, and while the draft opinion stressed that the abortion right lies on shakier legal ground than other rights not explicitly mentioned in the Constitution, many legal experts are less sure. Last week, a draft opinion overturning the right to abortion leaked from the U.S. Now, legal winds are rising that could uproot the rights that have helped them feel like safe, valued, and equal members of society. In fact, their union began another long, difficult journey. What happens to other rights unpopular with conservative Christians that, like abortion, were underpinned by the 14th Amendment? Part 2 of an occasional series.īut a ride off into the sunset did not follow.
The Supreme Court appears on the cusp of overturning a right – to abortion – for the first time in modern history.
