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Dobbs v. Jackson Leak Impact
- The leaked draft of Dobbs v. Jackson will likely overturn Roe v. Wade, drastically limiting abortion rights in the U.S.
- This is the culmination of decades-long conservative legal activism aimed at dismantling liberal jurisprudence from mid-century.
Alito's Narrow Rights Definition
- Alito's draft uses a narrow historical definition of fundamental rights to deny abortion as a protected right.
- This rigid, formalistic approach ignores evolving societal norms and undermines substantive due process protections.
Abortion as Bodily Autonomy
- The right to abortion is part of broader rights to privacy and bodily autonomy, which are deeply rooted in American law.
- Rejecting abortion rights for lack of historical precedent ignores the evolution of rights for minorities and women.