In a ruling that one legal activist said will put LGBTQ rights “on the chopping block,” the U.S. Supreme Court today (June 24) ruled 6 to 3 that the U.S.
Constitution “does not prohibit” states from banning abortion. A concurring opinion from Justice Clarence Thomas underscores that alarm for LGBTQ people.
In it, Thomas urges the court to “reconsider all of this Court’s substantive due process precedents, including Griswold, Lawrence, and Obergefell.” Lawrence struck down state bans against same-sex sexual relations; Obergefell struck state bans against marriage for same-sex couples; and Griswold struck bans against couples using contraceptive. “As Justice Thomas’s concurrence makes clear, we must face the reality that the precedents that have transformed the place of LGBTQ people in our society are now in the crosshairs of this reactionary Court, which has no regard for precedent and no commitment to protecting civil liberties,” said Shannon Minter, legal director for the National Center for Lesbian Rights. “We are on notice that our rights are on the chopping block, and we should not waste a moment in mobilizing political support.
If we cannot rely on the Supreme Court, we must turn to our local, state, and federal representatives to secure fundamental freedoms through legislation.
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