What Would It Mean To Codify Roe Into Law – And Is There Any Chance Of That Happening?
To codify Roe for all Americans, Congress would need to pass a law that would provide the same protections that Roe did. It would be binding for all states.
To codify Roe for all Americans, Congress would need to pass a law that would provide the same protections that Roe did. It would be binding for all states.
Ketanji Brown Jackson, a former public defender who rose to become a judge on a powerful federal appeals court, made history Thursday as the first Black woman to sit on the Supreme Court.
The Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the constitutional right to abortion had been indicated via a leaked draft opinion some weeks ago, but that doesn’t diminish the impact it will have.
Privacy is the foundation of many constitutional protections for our most important, sensitive and intimate activities. If the right to privacy is eroded, many of the rights may also be in danger.