What they have provided us is essentially a roadmap to let us know that they have been willing to overturn 49 years of precedent to take away a constitutional right, never lost a constitutional right.
Alice Marie Johnson: “What they have provided us is essentially a roadmap to let us know that they have been willing to overturn 49 years of…”
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Discussing the implications of a draft opinion that could overturn Roe v. Wade.
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