Kate Andrews Kate Andrews

A breakthrough on abortion is there if Biden reaches for it

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issue 02 July 2022

The US Supreme Court has not banned abortion. The point made by its ruling – a pretty reasonable one – was that such issues should be decided by elected politicians, not by appointed judges. ‘It is time to heed the Constitution and return the issue of abortion to the people’s elected representatives,’ wrote Justice Samuel Alito in his majority opinion.

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