Let's state the obvious; at least five justices of the Supreme Court disapprove of abortion and likely disagree with the holding of Roe v. Wade, that there is a constitutional right of privacy which protects a woman's right to obtain an abortion before the advent of fetal life.
The Texas law which permits financial punishment of abortion providers and those assisting them, is unquestionably unconstitutional under current law. Yet, by repeatedly refusing to enjoin its application, a majority of the court is signaling their intent to overrule Roe v. Wade and strip women of a right previously protected by the constitution. In doing so, the court is allowing Texas ( and any other state that may follow suit ) irreparably to deprive women of the immediate health care they require. Setting an early date for oral argument is hardly any solace to women whose health needs will be unaddressed and whose rights will be irretrievably lost in the interim. Nor does it alter the likely demise of Roe v. Wade which the majority of the court seems to be straining at the leash to bring about.
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