In Roe decision, Justice Clarence Thomas invites new legal challenges to contraception and same-sex marriage rights

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Fueling already heightened anxieties from women and LGBTQ groups that the end of Roe could be the tip of the iceberg, Justice Clarence Thomas wrote that “in future cases, we should reconsider all of this Court’s substantive due process precedents.”

“The Supreme Court’s decision has brought us into a new era where they are taking away rights instead of giving them,” said Rocio Fierro-Pérez, political coordinator for the Texas Freedom Network, which advocates for individual liberties. “Abortion access is one of several fundamental rights that’s under attack including our right to vote, racial justice, LGBTQ rights, and they’re all intertwined with our right to liberty in which Roe v. Wade was grounded.

Justice Samuel Alito, who wrote Friday’s majority opinion that struck down the landmark abortion case Roe v. Wade, tried to assuage fears that the court’s ruling could be used to do away with rights the court has previously said are protected by the constitution. The right to an abortion, they said, arose from the right to access contraception, which was established in Griswold v. Connecticut in 1965. The decisions in the abortion cases opened the door for the court to protect the right to same sex sexual intimacy and same sex marriage in Lawrence v. Texas in 2003 and Obergefell v. Hodges in 2015.

“There’s definite cause for concern that this idea will be extended to apply to other areas and I think gay marriage and contraception are the two most likely victims because those are the ones that don’t have a long history of having been acknowledged as a fundamental right,” she added.

 

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The abomination of Obergfell will be next to be overturned. It was another exercise in raw power by the SC that overturned the plain will of the people of this country. And we won’t stop trying to regain our voices. Elites in the regime & Hollywood can seethe.

Why does CT hate America? Why does CT hate freedom?

It's my understanding that he specifically called out Obergfell (same-sex marriage), Lawrence (decriminalizing homosexuality) and Griswold (legalizing contraception). He did NOT mention Loving (interracial marriage), probably because he's IN one --- which shows how corrupt he is

There's nothing in the constitution that says judges have lifetime appointments to SCOTUS.

Maybe he wants his marriage to Ginni invalidated.

Thomas hadn’t said a peep since gettin put on the SC and all of a sudden you can’t shut him up.

Where are the children of his second marriage to Ginnie?

How about a Thomas impeachment for a start?

Texas thanks Justice Thomas! 👍

RepLloydDoggett articles of impeachment are in order otherwise resign what have you done except getting reelected

Remove him

and miscegenation mr justice thomas ?

Burn uncle

so, how do we abort Clarence?

Lightning bolt, please!

'Can we get rid of Loving v. Virginia? Asking for a friend.'

He is just the fucking WORST!

Explain to me why the SCOTUS 'injustice' Thomas remains on the bench while his wife aided and abetted the plot to overthrow our government.

I think that “should” is a typo. He meant to say “will”.

Why is it still breathing?

Also, we should reconsider Loving v. Virginia.

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