Good morning from the Supreme Court where they “will consider a case that could fundamentally transform abortion rights in America by overturning Roe v. Wade and clearing the way for stringent new restrictions on abortion in roughly half the country.” https://t.co/AxtLrEsEBa pic.twitter.com/r0YE2GLAWc
— Beatrice-Elizabeth Peterson (@MissBeaE) December 1, 2021
The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday will hear oral arguments in a case viewed by activists as the most consequential abortion litigation in nearly a half-century. The landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling possibly hangs in the balance. https://t.co/eP28gTUUOD
— The Associated Press (@AP) December 1, 2021
“Literally, the rights that we have had in this country for nearly 50 years are at stake before the Supreme Court,” Cecile Richards discusses the impending arguments that could put the future of Roe v. Wade in jeopardy. https://t.co/D2hXVLbZyX
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) December 1, 2021
Former vice-president Mike Pence has expressed his confidence that the landmark Roe v Wade ruling will be struck down in the Supreme Court, potentially rolling reproductive rights back by 50 years https://t.co/5ORWhQDcXp
— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) December 1, 2021
Here's Donald Trump in the 2016 campaign explicitly predicting that if he put another 2-3 justices on the Supreme Court, Roe v. Wade would be overturned.https://t.co/uJJYmJ74Eo pic.twitter.com/5Zp4gDgdR1
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) September 2, 2021
Women who warned that Trump's Supreme Court appointees would undermine Roe v. Wade weren't "hysterical" after all, @LEBassett writes:https://t.co/VHjdaI5U75
— The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) September 2, 2021
"It has become kind of a weird baroque tradition for even the Republican appointees to say under oath all sorts of words about Roe being a type of settled precedent,” @AriMelber says as the Supreme Court is set to review a case that challenges Roe v. Wade.https://t.co/sKCNMKlqlT
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) December 1, 2021
One more note about 1992's Planned Parenthood v. Casey:
— Mark Joseph Stern (@mjs_DC) November 30, 2021
That decision struck down just one law. It required married women to notify their husbands before terminating a pregnancy. That's the law that anti-abortion advocates think SCOTUS should have upheld.https://t.co/ETxVZk8Eld
Abortion Rights Polling:
— The ReidOut (@thereidout) December 1, 2021
👏🏾60% say Roe v. Wade should be upheld.
👏🏾75% say abortion access should be left to women and their doctors. #TheReidOut #reiders pic.twitter.com/oQHonRbzwD
Anti-abortion states are already imposing brutal punishments on pregnant women in the name of protecting life—arresting, imprisoning, and prosecuting them for allegedly endangering their fetuses.
— Mark Joseph Stern (@mjs_DC) November 29, 2021
The cruelty we will see after Roe is almost unfathomable. https://t.co/xZBgp8Ol4w pic.twitter.com/3NUtA8CYRR
Roe v. Wade guarantees the right to a legal and safe abortion. It is the law of the land.
— Rep. Pramila Jayapal (@RepJayapal) November 30, 2021
While the Supreme Court must do their constitutional duty and uphold that right, the Senate must do theirs by passing the Women’s Health Protection Act.https://t.co/kfmypapSfS
In Opinion
— The New York Times (@nytimes) December 1, 2021
"To overturn Roe now would be an act of constitutional vandalism — not conservative, but reactionary," writes Charles Fried, a law professor at Harvard University. https://t.co/lxus6T9AOx
Here’s my preview of the Mississippi abortion case the Supreme Court hears Wednesday. Lose the viability standard, effectively overturning Roe v. Wade, and anything is possible. https://t.co/rxs1JFvD7n
— Irin Carmon (@irin) November 29, 2021
Norma McCorvey, the plaintiff in Roe v. Wade, never had an abortion. She gave her baby girl up for adoption. In September, after decades of keeping her identity a secret, the Roe baby spoke publicly for the first time. https://t.co/RWlwatxcGA
— The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) December 1, 2021
Reminder: You can listen live tomorrow to the arguments before the Supreme Court in the Mississippi abortion rights case.
— Maddow Blog (@MaddowBlog) December 1, 2021
Click the live audio button on https://t.co/WsnIT7iqKb pic.twitter.com/sK9JV6g1X4
The Overnight Note 