241: Abortion, Roe, Casey, and Dobbs

The history of abortion in America and how SCOTUS has intervened

The boys drink and review 1623’s Nuestro Playa, then discuss abortion and the recent SCOTUS decision.

In Roe v. Wade, the court found a right to privacy in the constitution, although it wasn’t exactly clear where it was. The court tried to split the difference between the interests of states in protecting life and the idea of a right to privacy. Justice Blackmun, who wrote the Roe decision, invented a trimester system.

Many people thought Roe would be overturned in Planned Parenthood v. Casey, and while the trimester system was replaced with “viability,” the underlying right to privacy was upheld, and finally located. In the 14th amendment.

The current Supreme Court, with a bevy of new conservative justices, took up the issue in Dobbs v. Jackson. Someone at the court leaked a draft of Samuel Alito’s majority decision, and the left went insane. Now we have the final decision, which sticks pretty close to the leaked draft.

P&C review the main arguments in Dobbs and in the dissent.