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Guns and abortion: Contradictory decisions, or consistent?

They are the most fiercely polarizing issues in American life: abortion and guns

The Independent UK

Protests spread, state abortion bans begin after US justices strike down Roe v. Wade

The Supreme Court on Friday stripped away women’s constitutional protections for abortion, a fundamental and deeply personal change for Americans’ lives after nearly a half-century under Roe v. Wade. The court’s overturning of the landmark court ruling is likely to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states.

France 24

Supreme Court takes us backwards as a nation by overturning Roe v. Wade

Women don’t matter and they shouldn’t have agency over their own bodies, the conservative justices might as well have said in their support for Justice Samuel Alito’s abhorrent opinion overturning Roe v. Wade.

Chicago Sun-Times

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

Experts told The Texas Tribune that Thomas’ opinion signals an openness from the court to reconsidering other settled legal precedents related to rights the court has ruled are protected by the constitution.

The Texas Tribune

The Supreme Court's majority and dissent opinions on Dobbs reveal a massive schism

"The Constitution does not confer a right to abortion," Justice Samuel Alito wrote for the majority. The court's liberals warn that other rights could now be vulnerable.

WEKU

With Roe overturned, America is no longer ‘land of the free, home of the brave’

There is nothing free or brave about America when Republicans refuse to stand up to the religious right.

Chicago Sun-Times

Commentary: It’s not paranoia. Supreme Court could come for gay marriage and contraception

Women and LGBTQ people woke up on Friday to a world in which their rights to prevent pregnancies, have sex and marry could vanish with the stroke of a Supreme Court ruling.

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SCOTUS Rejects 'Interest-Balancing' Tests That Treated the Second Amendment As a 'Constitutional Orphan'

The ruling against New York's carry permit policy is a rebuke to courts that routinely rubber-stamp gun restrictions.

Reason

Contraception, same-sex marriage should be next in the crosshairs, Thomas says in opinion

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court "should reconsider" rulings that rely on the same legal reasoning as Roe v. Wade, including ones that protect gay sex, same-sex marriage and married people's use of contraception, Justice Clarence Thomas wrote in an opinion released Friday.

Los Angeles Times

Key takeaways from Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v Wade

The ruling removes federal protections for abortion, sending questions of legality to individual US states.

Al Jazeera

Here's what happens now that the Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade

Millions of Americans lost access to abortion on Friday.

Axios

Clarence Thomas Calls To 'Reconsider' Gay Marriage, Sodomy Rulings

The other justices declined to join him, but the future of the Supreme Court rulings on those matters remains unclear.

Reason

In one line, abortion ruling raises concerns about other rights - Roll Call

In Friday’s decision that overturned the constitutional right to abortion, a line by Justice Clarence Thomas made experts worry what rights may go next.

Roll Call

Biden condemns US supreme court’s ‘tragic error’ of overturning Roe v Wade

President says conservative justices’ ruling to eliminate the federal right to abortion mean ‘the health and life of women in this nation are now at risk’

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The Independent UK

Excerpts from the Supreme Court's landmark abortion decision

The Supreme Court has ended constitutional protections for abortion that had been in place for nearly 50 years

The Guardian - US

Contraception, gay marriage: Clarence Thomas signals new targets for supreme court

Rightwing justice appears to offer preview of the court’s potential future rulings after decision to remove US abortion rights

Chronicle Live

Women's right to abortion overturned by US Supreme Court

Right wing majority of the US Supreme Court votes to overturn right to abortion in a ruling expected to disproportionately affect minority women

Tribune News Service

Supreme Court justices dispute whether Roe v. Wade ruling extends to other rights

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court decision ending the constitutional right to abortion established by Roe v. Wade in 1973 has put other hard-won rights at risk, including the rights to same-sex marriage and contraception.

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The Independent UK

With Roe dead, some fear rollback of LGBTQ and other rights

The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision allowing states to ban abortion is stirring alarm among LGBTQ advocates

Reason

States Can't Ban Out-of-State Travel To Get Abortions, Writes Kavanaugh

He also nixes the idea that states could "retroactively impose liability or punishment for an abortion that occurred before today's decision takes effect."

Salon

Roe is dead: Democracy is collapsing

Judges appointed by popular vote-losing presidents used a stolen Supreme Court seat to overturn the people's will

Wales Online

Abortion ban likely in half US states after court overturns ruling

Individual states will now be able to set their own rules after the decision following a lengthy legal battle

Salon

Thomas sets sights on same-sex marriage

"We have a duty to correct the error"

The Independent UK

Clarence Thomas says Supreme Court should ‘reconsider’ legalising same-sex marriage and contraception in wake of Roe decision

Justice wrote in concurrent opinion on Friday’s ruling that court should reconsiderGriswold, Lawrence, and Obergefell.

Los Angeles Times

In historic reversal, Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, frees states to outlaw abortion

WASHINGTON — In a historic reversal, the Supreme Court on Friday overturned the landmark 1973 Roe Wade decision and ruled states may again outlaw abortion.

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