Post by Kiwi Frontline on May 14, 2022 10:49:21 GMT 12
Point of Order: THE WEIGHT OF NUMBERS (AND OPINIONS) ON THE BENCH IN ROE V WADE IS INSTRUCTIVE WHEN WE CONSIDER THE MEANING OF “TREATY PARTNERSHIP”
The way in which judges can grant rights – or remove them – has been glaringly illuminated by the leaked draft opinion of the United States Supreme Court that strikes down Roe v Wade.
A spokesperson for the Abortion Law Reform Association of New Zealand said the ruling was a stark reminder that women’s rights – and reproductive rights more broadly – were “vulnerable to erosion”.
True. Or, on another day in another court, those rights might be expanded.
Roe v Wade had been a landmark decision in 1973, when the US Supreme Court ruled that the Constitution of the United States protects a pregnant woman’s liberty to choose to have an abortion without excessive government restriction......
breakingviewsnz.blogspot.com/2022/05/point-of-order-weight-of-numbers-and.html
The way in which judges can grant rights – or remove them – has been glaringly illuminated by the leaked draft opinion of the United States Supreme Court that strikes down Roe v Wade.
A spokesperson for the Abortion Law Reform Association of New Zealand said the ruling was a stark reminder that women’s rights – and reproductive rights more broadly – were “vulnerable to erosion”.
True. Or, on another day in another court, those rights might be expanded.
Roe v Wade had been a landmark decision in 1973, when the US Supreme Court ruled that the Constitution of the United States protects a pregnant woman’s liberty to choose to have an abortion without excessive government restriction......
breakingviewsnz.blogspot.com/2022/05/point-of-order-weight-of-numbers-and.html