It has been just two weeks since Justice Samuel Alito’s draft opinion in the case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization was leaked to Politico. However, the left is already in absolute meltdown mode, claiming the potential ruling could usher in a return to the Dark Ages, in which women’s rights (among other groups) will be put in peril.
This is fearmongering and hyperbole at its worst. Moreover, it is simply not true.
In essence, Alito’s draft opinion argues that the court erred in its 1973 ruling in Roe v. Wade, in which it claimed abortion was a constitutionally guaranteed right. Therefore, Alito and the four justices who agree with him (as of the writing), argue that the issue should be decided by the states and Congress.
