Roe v. Wade Reversal: What Would It Mean For The Future Of Privacy Rights?

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Deana Sacks hosts Counterspeech with guest Emily Anderson to discuss the leaked draft opinion by Justice Alito in the pending case Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, which threatens to reverse Roe v. Wade (1973) such that there is no federal constitutional right of abortion. The right of abortion was found to be implicit in the privacy aspect of the Liberty Clause in Roe v. Wade. Other rights such as the right of gay sexual autonomy have also been found to be implicit in the privacy aspect of the Liberty Clause (Lawrence v. Texas, 2003). If Roe v. Wade is reversed, are other rights implicit in the Liberty Clause also at risk for being dismantled? Could the constitutional right of privacy be at risk altogether?

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