The extreme unpopularity of Trump's conservative Court grew in intensity today.
Following the shooting massacres in Buffalo and Uvalde as well as others, the Court expanded gun rights. One can now carry a loaded gun in plain view down Fifth Avenue in New York. What kind of person would want to do such a thing?
Following that fateful decision, the Court made an extremely unpopular decision today.
CNN explains, "The Supreme Court
overturned Roe v. Wade on Friday, holding that there is no longer a federal constitutional right to an abortion.
"The opinion is the most consequential Supreme Court decision in decades and will transform the landscape of women’s reproductive health in America.
"Going forward, abortion rights will be determined by states,
unless Congress acts.
Already, nearly half of the states have or will pass laws that ban abortion while others have enacted strict measures regulating the procedure."
There are hundreds of reasons why this decision was a poor one, and many of them will become clear in the coming months as chaos reigns. Here are a few.
The Court argued that the right to an abortion is not in the Constitution. The enormous duplicity of this statement by the Supreme Court is egregious. The American people have hundreds of rights that are not enumerated in the Constitution. The statement is downright ludicrous, damaging the reputation of the Court.
This is the first time in its history that the Supreme Court has removed a fundamental right, the right of a woman to make her own decisions regarding her health and well-being.
The Court is imposing its religious view on the American people.
The Court determined that the government is in control of a woman's health when it involves a pregnancy. The woman and her doctor do not decide her fate. The state does.
Oklahoma has made abortion a criminal act, punishable by a prison term. If a woman from Oklahoma goes to New York where abortion is legal, can Oklahoma charge the person who performed the abortion?
The Court's obsession with its religious view on abortion overrode all other considerations.
This is Trump's legacy and the Republican Party is solely responsible. It will take a federal law to restore a woman's right to make health decisions. Keep that in mind when you vote in November. It will require 60 votes in the Senate to override Republican opposition to the legislation.