Why Even Pro-Choicers Should Condemn the SCOTUS Leak and Support Overturning Roe v. Wade

Quite the title, huh? Well let me make my case below.

I was studying for my comprehensive exam when a bombshell report was dropped by Politico: The news site got its hands on a draft of a Supreme Court decision where a majority voted to overturn Roe v. Wade, the 1973 case that concluded that a right to abortion was protected under the Constitution. The document is authentic, as later confirmed by Chief Justice Roberts, and it has led to all sorts of meltdowns and explosive takes.

I’d like to jot down here how I’ve processed the leak, and perhaps it can be helpful to others, particularly other Christians, in how they process it as well. I want to be clear from the start though: What follows is more of a political/legal analysis rather than a moral one because it is entirely possible to be critical of Roe v. Wade despite being pro-choice and it is also possible to be pro-life morally but believe that a right to abortion is important.

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