Article 5P331 Roe v Wade died with barely a whimper. But that’s not all | Laurence Tribe

Roe v Wade died with barely a whimper. But that’s not all | Laurence Tribe

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Laurence H Tribe
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Financial rewards given to those shredding the US constitution? That is the reality of the Texas law on abortion

For years, as the supreme court's composition kept tilting right, reproductive rights have been squarely on the chopping block. Now they are on the auction block as well.

Observers have speculated how today's new ultra-right court would commence the slicing: by chipping away slowly at Roe v Wade? Or by taking the political heat and overruling it outright? Few imagined that the court would let a statute everybody concedes is flagrantly unconstitutional under the legal regime of Roe not only go into effect without being judicially reviewed but become the centerpiece of a totally unique state scheme that puts a bounty of at least $10,000 on the head of every woman who is or might be pregnant.

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