The ‘stench’ of politicization: Sonia Sotomayor’s supreme court warning

Oral arguments over the Mississippi abortion case this week showed the threat to Roe v Wade from an increasingly politicized court

About 11 minutes into this week's hearing on abortion rights at the US supreme court, the floor was taken by Sonia Sotomayor, one of the three beleaguered liberal-leaning justices left on the court after its sharp rightward shift under Donald Trump.

Sotomayor began by noting that in the past 30 years no fewer than 15 justices of all political backgrounds had supported the right to an abortion up to the point of fetal viability. Only four had objected.