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4 Abolitionist Rapid Reactions to the (Wrongly Decided) Dobbs Decision
The Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health decision was announced Friday morning and Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey have been overturned. Writing for the majority, Samuel Alito said, “The Constitution does not prohibit the citizens of each State from regulating or prohibiting abortion. Roe and Casey arrogated that authority. We now overrule those…
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Analyzing Alito’s Leaked Draft, How Roe Died, and Where We Go From Here
Roe v. Wade is dead. Maybe. Politico obtained and published on Monday what appears to be a draft of the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health majority opinion authored by Justice Samuel Alito. In the 98-page document, Alito writes for the majority (which presumably is made up of Alito and the other four conservative justices), “We…
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Refuting Dana Hall McCain’s Nonsensical Anti-Abolitionist Slander
Dana Hall McCain, a member of the 2021 Southern Baptist Convention Resolutions Committee, wrote an article opposing the Southern Baptist Resolution on Abolishing Abortion, which was passed by the convention last week. She makes six main arguments, none of which amount to a formidable refutation of abolitionism or the resolution. As will be demonstrated, her…
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Abolitionist Lawyer to File Amicus Brief in SCOTUS Abortion Case
In 2018, Mississippi enacted House Bill 1510 – also known as the “Gestational Age Act” – purportedly prohibiting abortions after 15 weeks gestation. The same day the act went into state law, the last remaining licensed abortion facility in the state challenged it in district court. Now, the case – Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health…