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Mike Johnson: “There is no right to abortion in the Constitution. It is not in the text, the structure, or the original meaning…”

On the recordMay 17, 2022
There is no right to abortion in the Constitution. It is not in the text, the structure, or the original meaning, intent, as the draft opinion points out very well.
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Mike Johnson
Republican · Louisiana

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Johnson argues that abortion rights are not constitutionally guaranteed, leaving decisions to the states.

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