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Carter Sherman

Ketanji Brown Jackson pens fiery dissent in abortion ruling: ‘Facilitating suffering of people’

Ketanji Brown Jackson answers questions during her confirmation hearing in March 2022.
Ketanji Brown Jackson answers questions during her confirmation hearing in March 2022. Photograph: Shawn Thew/EPA

In a searing dissent Thursday, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson slammed her fellow justices’ decision to dismiss the case over whether a state can ban abortions to protect women’s health, pointing out that the dismissal will drag out the case – and potentially endanger Americans.

“Will this court just have a do-over, rehearing and rehashing the same arguments we are considering now, just at a comparatively more convenient point in time?” Jackson asked in a dissent read from the bench, a move justices tend to only make when they feel particularly fired up.

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