Alito v Abortion Rights: American Society at the Crossroads Join Chicago DSA comrades Saturday, May 7th at noon at Federal Plaza for We Won't Go Back: Rally To Defend Abortion Rights.

Alito v Abortion Rights: American Society at the Crossroads

On Monday, May 2nd, a draft majority opinion of the Supreme Court was leaked to POLITICO. The massive document, totaling 98 pages, is a “full-throated, unflinching repudiation” of Roe v Wade. Rather than trying to chip-away at abortion rights, the text demonstrates a legal and ideological attempt to completely undo federal protections of abortion rights. The five justices forming the majority are Alito, Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett.

The Global and Historical Context of Abortion Rights

Tear It All Down

“The right to abortion does not exist in the constitution”

Alito writes, “The inescapable conclusion is that a right to abortion is not deeply rooted in the Nation’s history and traditions.” POLITICO added that, “Alito argues that the 1973 abortion rights ruling was an ill-conceived and deeply flawed decision that invented a right mentioned nowhere in the Constitution.”

“Abortion rights should be decided by states”

“Changes in society make abortions less necessary”

“An unbroken tradition of prohibiting abortion on pain of criminal punishment”

The Time is Now

Join Chicago DSA this Saturday, May 7th at noon at Federal Plaza for We Won’t Go Back: Rally To Defend Abortion Rights.