Sotomayor decries abortion ruling but court’s conservatives show their muscle

The highest court in the US has been defied by a group of extremist Republicans openly flouting the court's own rulings

Sonia Sotomayor, the liberal-leaning justice on the US supreme court, put it plainly. For almost three months, lawmakers in the Republican-controlled legislature of Texas had substantially suspended a constitutional guarantee: a pregnant woman's right to control her own body".

The court should have put an end to this madness months ago," Sotomayor said.