The Supreme Court Justices Lied To Us

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found about six in 10 Americans support keeping <i>Roe</i>, with Republicans closely split. There is little support for early-term bans.</p><p id="3229">They will do it simply because they can. Ending abortion is the Holy Grail for conservatives. Consider some of their comments during oral arguments:</p><ul><li>Justice Brett Kavanaugh suggested the court should suddenly become neutral on reproductive rights and allow each state do what they want. Along with Justice Samuel Alito, he made the case that the court already has overturned court precedents to end racial segregation and to allow gay marriage. However, those decisions expanded rights, not restricted them as abortion bans do.</li><li>Justice Amy Coney Barrett said a woman can just have the baby and put it up for adoption, as if childbirth is not itself a risk to health. The Mississippi law allows no exceptions for rape or incest. Carrying a fetus to term, she suggested, is not more of an imposition than being required to get a vaccine.</li><li>Chief Justice John Roberts wondered if it really matters if you ban abortion at 15 weeks rather than the standard of 24 to 28 weeks. Yet once the issue is no longer about viability, it opens the door to even more restrictive bans.</li><li>Justice Clarence Thomas said the Constitution does not mention the right to abortion, so it should not exist. Yet Alito argued the fetus does have rights.</li></ul><p id="29a4"

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A ruling is not expected until June. Also, the court has yet to issue a final decision on the Texas six-week ban it allowed to go into effect Sept. 1. That vigilante law encourages citizens to sue for at least $10,000 anyone who aids a woman violating the ban.</p><p id="d244">The court may attempt to walk a line between endorsing the Mississippi law and maintaining some form of <i>Roe</i>, according to court analysts. Liberal justices warned their colleagues that ending abortion rights would undermine the court’s standing as a nonpartisan arbiter.</p><p id="81e2">Their comments have already done considerable damage. Now we know the high court is just another aspect of government that gets its way by gaslighting those they are supposed to protect.</p><div id="59dd" class="link-block"> <a href="https://vgallman.medium.com/membership"> <div> <div> <h2>Join Medium with my referral link - Vanessa Gallman</h2> <div><h3>As a Medium member, a portion of your membership fee goes to writers you read, and you get full access to every story…</h3></div> <div><p>vgallman.medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*bkNV7uTKumFj2nOG)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div></article></body>

The debate over the abortion ban reveals their true intentions

The bottom line on the Supreme Court’s Dec.1 arguments on the Mississippi abortion ban: Republican appointees lied, under oath, during confirmation hearings when they said Roe v. Wade was settled law.

They now are likely to end or further restrict a woman’s control over her own body. They will do so despite the fact that U.S. women are having fewer abortions than ever. They will ignore that there is no reason to change a nearly 50-year-old policy of allowing abortion until a fetus is viable outside the womb.

They will do it although it’s contrary to what Americans want. A June Gallup Poll found about six in 10 Americans support keeping Roe, with Republicans closely split. There is little support for early-term bans.

They will do it simply because they can. Ending abortion is the Holy Grail for conservatives. Consider some of their comments during oral arguments:

Justice Brett Kavanaugh suggested the court should suddenly become neutral on reproductive rights and allow each state do what they want. Along with Justice Samuel Alito, he made the case that the court already has overturned court precedents to end racial segregation and to allow gay marriage. However, those decisions expanded rights, not restricted them as abortion bans do.

Justice Amy Coney Barrett said a woman can just have the baby and put it up for adoption, as if childbirth is not itself a risk to health. The Mississippi law allows no exceptions for rape or incest. Carrying a fetus to term, she suggested, is not more of an imposition than being required to get a vaccine.

Chief Justice John Roberts wondered if it really matters if you ban abortion at 15 weeks rather than the standard of 24 to 28 weeks. Yet once the issue is no longer about viability, it opens the door to even more restrictive bans.

Justice Clarence Thomas said the Constitution does not mention the right to abortion, so it should not exist. Yet Alito argued the fetus does have rights.

A ruling is not expected until June. Also, the court has yet to issue a final decision on the Texas six-week ban it allowed to go into effect Sept. 1. That vigilante law encourages citizens to sue for at least $10,000 anyone who aids a woman violating the ban.

The court may attempt to walk a line between endorsing the Mississippi law and maintaining some form of Roe, according to court analysts. Liberal justices warned their colleagues that ending abortion rights would undermine the court’s standing as a nonpartisan arbiter.

Their comments have already done considerable damage. Now we know the high court is just another aspect of government that gets its way by gaslighting those they are supposed to protect.