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Elizabeth Joh

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Law Prof @UCDavisLaw @ucdavis; co-host What Roman Mars Can Learn About Con Law podcast w/ @romanmars https://t.co/IfZMBy5kFB
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The US Supreme Court decides there is no constitutionally protected right to a legal abortion: supremecourt.gov/opinions/21pdf…

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6-3 decision-Breyer/Sotomayor/Kagan dissent: 'With sorrow—for this Court, but more, for the many millions of American women who have today lost a fundamental constitutional protection—we dissent.'

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The quick takeaway is that *any* state may not criminalize and ban all abortions. There are no longer any requirements for any exceptions for health, death, rape, or incest. Some 'trigger' laws will make that happen nearly right away.

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Be careful-this paragraph is going to be quoted in the press as *see, it's only about abortion and nothing else* but--

Be careful-this paragraph is going to be quoted in the press as *see, it's only about abortion and nothing else* but--
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WHY? Because Thomas's concurrence makes it plain-the Court can *also* go after the decisions on same sex marriage, birth control, and the right to sexual intimacy

WHY? Because Thomas's concurrence makes it plain-the Court can *also* go after the decisions on same sex marriage, birth control, and the right to sexual intimacy
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