Comments on: Why do some people oppose Roe v. Wade? https://www.spencergreenberg.com/2022/06/why-do-some-people-oppose-roe-v-wade/ Fri, 08 Jul 2022 15:48:42 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Caitlin Stollenwerk https://www.spencergreenberg.com/2022/06/why-do-some-people-oppose-roe-v-wade/#comment-30036 Fri, 08 Jul 2022 15:48:42 +0000 https://www.spencergreenberg.com/?p=2791#comment-30036 I wish I’d seen this survey! I’m one of the people who is thrilled Roe is overturned, both because I believe it’s killing a human organism AND because Roe/Casey were ultimately indefensible readings of the Constitution. I’m really grateful that you wanted to get a better sense of why people wanted Roe/Casey overturned. As a side note, a really interesting resource for people who want to understand the anti-abortion position from a legal standpoint is James Heaney, who blogs at De Civitate (https://decivitate.substack.com/). I read his stuff because I generally agree with his takes on things as a conservative, but if anyone is interested in better understanding of how many abortion abolitionists view the issue he’s a great resource. Thanks again for taking the time to see why people think the way they do.

]]> By: Peter Gerdes https://www.spencergreenberg.com/2022/06/why-do-some-people-oppose-roe-v-wade/#comment-29918 Thu, 30 Jun 2022 20:00:27 +0000 https://www.spencergreenberg.com/?p=2791#comment-29918 I dont know if you included me in your responses (maybe not because I’m not ‘happy’ about the decision just believe it was legally correct) because i didnt answer all the questions but I do consider myself liberal and just dont think Roe was rightly decided. Also a strong atheist and strong supporter of reproductive rights. I just don’t believe that Roe on its own is defensible (a broader general right to control one’s own body that protected all choices to take medication or have surgical treatment could have been but SCOTUS was never going to take a position which implied a right to take heroin).

Anyway, sorry I didn’t reply with more detail on Twitter but I’m currently dealing with some stuff involving a death in the family.

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