The Supreme Court justices used twisted logic in their Dobbs v. Jackson ruling, writes Tucsonan Matt Somers.
I wish that the six majority religious conservatives on the United States Supreme Court could have used a little more logic in its Dobbs v. Jackson opinion.
People are also reading… In addition, the majority has allowed Mississippi to assert interest in “protecting the unborn.” By not allowing a payment for the fetus, then Mississippi is allowed by the majority to confiscate the woman’s body since the fetus can not exist without the woman. Another problem was brought up by those dissenting. As they pointed out on page 162 of Dobbs v. Jackson, “Those responsible for the original Constitution, including the Fourteenth Amendment, did not perceive women as equals, and did not recognize women’s rights. When the majority says that we must read our foundational charter as viewed at the time of ratification , it consigns women to second-class citizenship.