Brooks: Roe ‘Was Fragile’ and Ginsburg Warned About That

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Brooks: Roe ‘Was Fragile’ and Ginsburg Warned About That

Ian Hanchett 7 May 2022


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjWbl4bJnE0&t=360s&ab_channel=PBSNewsHour

On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks argued that Roe v. Wade was always a “fragile” ruling and pointed out that former Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg expressed similar concerns about the decision back in 1992. Brooks also argued that it was always a risky proposition to hang abortion’s legality on the Roe decision and it’s important to note that there is a difference between arguing abortion is a constitutional right and arguing for its legality as a matter of policy.

Brooks said, “Ruth Bader Ginsburg made this point back in 1992, that that decision was so big, she said it’s fragile. It’s — and then law professors, even very pro-choice law professors, have always said, we’re worried about this decision. It’s not a great decision. They liked the outcome. They worried about the decision. So, it was fragile. And so, hanging all that on that decision was always going to be — it was waiting to go off. And then Alito just ran through it. I — personally — there are two separate issues here: Should abortion be a right that people get to enjoy? Should — does the Constitution guarantee that right? And it’s important to separate those two things.”

https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2022/05/07/brooks-roe-was-fragile-and-ginsburg-warned-about-that/

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It is not enacted law, settled law or anything close to that.

To say otherwise undermines the entirety of the Constitution, which is the ONLY law of the land declared permanent unless tremendous hurdles are overcome, ie - there will never be 3/4 of the states agreeing to permit abortion as a legal right.