Justice Thomas suggested the right to abortion appears nowhere in the Constitution. Justice Sonia Sotomayor said reversing Roe and Casey would damage the court. Here's some of what Supreme Court justices said during arguments over abortion.
before Wednesday, Justice Clarence Thomas had been the only justice to call openly for overruling Roe and Casey.Chief Justice John Roberts called a 15-week ban “not a dramatic departure from viability.” He said: “If you think ...
Justice Samuel Alito said people on both sides of the abortion issue have said the court’s viability line “really doesn’t make a lot of sense.” He suggested a woman still “has the same interest in terminating her pregnancy after the viability line has been crossed.
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