President Biden: Supreme Court Decision to Overturn Roe v. Wade is ‘Sad Day’ for the Country
variety.comBrent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaPresident Biden called the decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and end a federal right to an abortion “a sad day for the [Supreme] court and for the country” and said it will cast a “dark shadow” over a large swath of the U.S.In an address from the White House shortly after the bombshell ruling was made public, the president said that the court “expressly took away a constitutional right from the American people,” adding, “that’s never been done to a right so important to so many Americans, but they did it.”The final opinion, written by Justice Samuel Alito, repudiated a 1973 decision which guaranteed constitutional protections for abortion rights.
It also struck down a 1992 decision in Planned Parenthood v. Casey that largely maintained the right established in Roe. “We hold that Roe and Casey must be overruled.
The Constitution makes no reference to abortion, and no such right is implicitly protected by any constitutional provision,” Alito wrote, arguing that the legality of abortion should be left up to the states and congress.“It is time to heed the Constitution and return the issue of abortion to the people’s elected representatives,” he added.The majority party in the case, known as Dobbs v.
Jackson Women’s Health Organization, included votes from Republican-appointed justices John Roberts, Clarence Thomas, Brett Kavanaugh, Neil Gorsuch and Amy Coney Barrett.
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