In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court, as expected on Friday, overturned Roe V. Wade, leaving the issue of abortion to the states to decide.
“The Constitution does not confer a right to abortion; Roe and Casey are overruled; and the authority to regulate abortion is returned to the people and their elected representatives,” the opinion, written by Justice Samuel Alito, states.
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SCOTUS overturns Roe and Casey, upholds original Constitution.
"The Constitution does not confer a right to abortion; Roe and Casey are overruled; and the authority to regulate abortion is returned to the people and their elected representatives." pic.twitter.com/tpzvtbUIJS
— Marina Medvin 🇺🇸 (@MarinaMedvin) June 24, 2022
The court also overturned Casey v. Planned Parenthood, which declared that restrictions were allowed as long as there was not an “undue burden.”
“Abortion presents a profound moral question,” Alito wrote. “The Constitution does not prohibit the citizens of each State from regulating or prohibiting abortion. Roe and Casey arrogated that authority. The Court overrules those decisions and returns that authority to the people and their elected representatives.”
Clarence Thomas, concurring, wrote: “in future cases, we should reconsider all of this Court’s substantive due process precedents, including Griswold, Lawrence, and Obergefell.”
Pro-lifer demonstrators outside the Supreme Court erupted in cheers when the decision was handed down.
HISTORIC: CHEERS ERUPT as the decision by the Supreme Court to OVERTURN Roe v Wade is announced in DC in front of the Supreme Court | @TPUSA pic.twitter.com/mEaR39sgyc
— Drew Hernandez (@DrewHLive) June 24, 2022
An enraged leftist chanted “illegitimate!” through a bullhorn.
— Mary Margaret Olohan (@MaryMargOlohan) June 24, 2022
Many disillusioned and defeated Pro Abortion characters here outside of the Supreme Court in DC | @TPUSA pic.twitter.com/keqWp7vQTn
— Drew Hernandez (@DrewHLive) June 24, 2022
“Jane’s Revenge,” a left-wing terrorist group promised a “night of rage” in the event the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
In a statement issued late last month, the group asked “for courageous hearts to come out after dark.”
Whoever you are and wherever you are, we are asking for you to do what you can to make your anger known.
We have selected a time of 8pm for actions nationwide to begin, but know that this is a general guideline. There may be other considerations involved in planning time and place. We do not claim to speak for every community or crew. We are simply calling out to you. And we hope you answer our cries.
To the cis male allies who would be interested in joining us in the streets, we say: you are certainly welcome, but you must use your privilege to shield and support us in a way that also enables us to get angry. Do not police us. Do not tell us what is and isn’t appropriate. But do aid us when we are in need.
“We need the state to feel our full wrath,” the group wrote. We need to express this madness fully and with ferocity. We need to quit containing ourselves. We need them to be afraid of us.”
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), who claims to be “very Catholic,” but has been barred from receiving Communion in her own district, put out a scathing statement Friday decrying the decision:
“Today, the Republican-controlled Supreme Court has achieved the GOP’s dark and extreme goal of ripping away women’s right to make their own reproductive health decisions. Because of Donald Trump, Mitch McConnell, the Republican Party and their supermajority on the Supreme Court, American women today have less freedom than their mothers.
“With Roe now out of their way, radical Republicans are charging ahead with their crusade to criminalize health freedom. In the Congress, Republicans are plotting a nationwide abortion ban. In the states, Republicans want to arrest doctors for offering reproductive care and women for terminating a pregnancy. GOP extremists are even threatening to criminalize contraception, as well as in-vitro fertilization and post-miscarriage care.
“A woman’s fundamental health decisions are her own to make, in consultation with her doctor and her loved ones – not to be dictated by far-right politicians. While Republicans seek to punish and control women, Democrats will keep fighting ferociously to enshrine Roe v. Wade into law.
“This cruel ruling is outrageous and heart-wrenching. But make no mistake: the rights of women and all Americans are on the ballot this November.”
Watch Nancy Pelosi's sulking MELTDOWN when she found out Supreme Court OVERTURNED Roe v. Wade:
"There's no point in saying good morning because it certainly is not one."
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) June 24, 2022
Update:
Joe Biden’s remarks on the decision:
President Biden delivers remarks on the Supreme Court decision on Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization to overturn Roe v. Wade. https://t.co/nUiI79bxrE
— President Biden (@POTUS) June 24, 2022
Former President Trump called the decision the “biggest WIN for LIFE in a generation,” in a statement released Friday afternoon:
Today’s decision, which is the biggest WIN for LIFE in a generation, along with other decisions that have been announced recently, were only made possible because I delivered everything as promised, including nominating and getting three highly respected and strong Constitutionalists confirmed to the United States Supreme Court. It was my great honor to do so! I did not cave to the Radical Left Democrats, their partners in the Fake News Media, or the RINOs who are likewise the true, but silent, enemy of the people. These major Victories prove that even though the Radical Left is doing everything in their power to destroy our Country, your Rights are being protected, the Country is being defended, and there is still hope and time to Save America! I will never stop fighting for the Great People of our Nation!
Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) called on the Department of Justice to immediately announce a “zero tolerance policy” for left-wing violence:
DOJ needs to announce a zero tolerance policy for violence right now. They’ve left radical leftists run wild – threatening the Justices, burning pregnancy care centers. No more. Protests are constitutionally protected but violence is not. DOJ must put a stop to it immediately
— Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) June 24, 2022
It begins …
The DC chapter of violent #Antifa group, Youth Liberation Front, is calling for people to wear black, mask up & to meet at Folger Park at 7:30 pm. The YLF was responsible for months of extreme violence in Portland & Seattle in 2020. https://t.co/VP2zeqDkXk pic.twitter.com/b5ASmWGVYy
— Andy Ngô 🏳️🌈 (@MrAndyNgo) June 24, 2022
BREAKING: Roe v. Wade has been overturned. Protests are being planned in Chicago.
Local officials have vowed Chicago and Illinois will remain a "haven" where people can access abortions and other forms of reproductive health care. https://t.co/VNa8dCOeSK pic.twitter.com/NyW23WbMwt
— Block Club Chicago (@BlockClubCHI) June 24, 2022
He references Jane’s Revenge, a pro-choice organization that has vowed to destroy DC in a ‘Night of Rage’ pic.twitter.com/i0cKWQO7OR
— Sha Cathey (@Sha_Cathey) June 24, 2022
BREAKING: Rep. Maxine Waters says "to hell with the Supreme Court, we will defy them!"https://t.co/XMYvgbpEHR
— Election Wizard (@ElectionWiz) June 24, 2022
BREAKING: Congresswoman @AOC has arrived in front of the Supreme Court and is chanting that the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v Wade is “illegitimate” and calls for people to get “into the streets” | @TPUSA pic.twitter.com/jNkCYDrLtz
— Drew Hernandez (@DrewHLive) June 24, 2022
Large numbers of riot police are being mobilized in Washington, DC in response to and anticipation of mass violence by the left over Roe v Wade. pic.twitter.com/kmMOyPdqq9
— Andy Ngô 🏳️🌈 (@MrAndyNgo) June 24, 2022
Missouri has become the first state to outlaw abortion.
🚨BREAKING: With the Dobbs decision just handed down and a stroke of my pen — Missouri became the first state to effectively end abortion and has become the most Pro Life state in America. https://t.co/8asHJKMIdo
— Eric Schmitt (@Eric_Schmitt) June 24, 2022
Update:
https://twitter.com/kr3at/status/1540511578948239360?s=20&t=qDKC1ajLNlNwAzh_MmWrFw
After setting a small fire to an American flag in the middle of the street in DC, the Antifa crowd chanted “Burn it down!” pic.twitter.com/2U8TV6VGLy
— Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) June 25, 2022
BREAKING: ANTIFA lights an American flag on fire here in DC in the middle of the street | @TPUSA pic.twitter.com/kJCvj8Rom9
— Drew Hernandez (@DrewHLive) June 25, 2022
Pro-abort agitators march and chant, “if abortion ain’t safe, neither are you!”