This article was originally published on 7 June, 2022, before the Supreme Court had formally ruled on Roe v Wade. It is now being republished in light of the Court’s decision and Justice Clarence Thomas’s explicit call to reconsider gay marriage and other rights.
In January 2006, Charles Fried was asked to testify before the US Senate about whether his former colleague Judge Samuel Alito would overturn the right to abortion if he were appointed to the Supreme Court.
