.MaddowBlog: Overturning Roe v. Wade is the GOP's first step. The next one may be even more dangerous.
All of this comes with some caveats. We don’t know, and may never know, who leaked this or why. We don’t know who else appears likely to join Alito in the majority. Perhaps most importantly, we have no idea the extent to which Alito’s draft may be changed through negotiations with other Republican-appointed justices.We know that Alito was assigned to write for the majority in, the Mississippi case over a 15-week abortion ban.
At that point, as much of the country probably realizes, it would be up to states to decide individually whether reproductive rights exist within their boundaries. But it’s important to understand that for some congressional Republicans, that won’t be the end of the process.
The Politico and Post reports create striking bookends: Republican-approved justices intend to end abortion rights, and Republican lawmakers on Capitol Hill intend to pursue federal abortion restrictions soon after. The political/legal/health care earthquake is coming. What we’re feeling now is the preliminary rumbling.
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