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Salon
Politics
Amanda Marcotte

Roe is dead: Democracy is collapsing

Abortion rights activists Carrie McDonald (L) and Soraya Bata react to the Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization ruling which overturns the landmark abortion Roe v. Wade case in front of the U.S. Supreme Court on June 24, 2022 in Washington, DC. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

Donald Trump may be out of office, but his stubby misogynist fingers are still grabbing Americans by the pussy.

Any hope that the reaction to the leaked draft decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health would shame the Republicans on the Supreme Court into not overturning Roe v. Wade was crushed on Friday morning. Justice Samuel Alito — a human-shaped incel forum crammed into an itchy judicial robe — was determined to make these words the public record: "The Constitution does not confer a right to abortion; Roe and Casey are overruled."

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