Justices spar over how Roe reversal puts precedents on gay rights and contraceptives at risk

Jun 25, 2022 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    40% Medium Conservative

  • Reliability

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  • Policy Leaning

    40% Medium Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    64% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

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"In turn, those rights led, more recently, to rights of same-sex intimacy and marriage."
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6% Conservative
"The Supreme Court's opinion overturning Roe v. Wade on Friday could open the door for courts to overturn same-sex marriage, contraception and other rights."
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-16% Liberal
"He emphasized a line the majority opinion that said [n]othing in this opinion should be understood to cast doubt on precedents that do not concern abortion.We have also explained why that is so: rights regarding contraception and same-sex relationships are inherently different from the right to abortion because the latter (as we have stressed) uniquely involves what Roe and Casey termed 'potential life,' Alito said."
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-22% Liberal
"Alito's assertions were undercut by a concurrence by Thomas, who explicitly called for the court to reconsider its rulings striking down state restrictions on contraceptives, state sodomy bans and state prohibitions on same-sex marriage."
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-32% Liberal
"It is clear he and the court's majority have no respect for other precedents that have been won in recent decades, said Rep. Pramila Jayapal."
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-4% Liberal
"That is unlikely to stop the right-wing majority from overturning those rulings, said Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus."
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-8% Liberal
"It is clear he and the court's majority have no respect for other precedents that have been won in recent decades, said Jayapal."
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-10% Liberal

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : In turn, those rights led, more recently, to rights of same-sex intimacy and marriage."
42% : The Supreme Court's opinion overturning Roe v. Wade on Friday could open the door for courts to overturn same-sex marriage, contraception and other rights.
39% : He emphasized a line the majority opinion that said "[n]othing in this opinion should be understood to cast doubt on precedents that do not concern abortion.""We have also explained why that is so: rights regarding contraception and same-sex relationships are inherently different from the right to abortion because the latter (as we have stressed) uniquely involves what Roe and Casey termed 'potential life,'" Alito said.
34% : Alito's assertions were undercut by a concurrence by Thomas, who explicitly called for the court to reconsider its rulings striking down state restrictions on contraceptives, state sodomy bans and state prohibitions on same-sex marriage.

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