The NAACP attacked the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and 50 years of precedent allowing women the right to an abortion, which it says will disproportionately affect Black women.
The vote to overturn Roe Friday was a 5-4 decision. Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett joined Justice Samuel Alito’s opinion.
Chief Justice John Roberts did not join the opinion, agreeing with the majority that the Mississippi abortion restriction at issue in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization should be upheld, but in a separate opinion, he argued that the court should not have overturned Roe. Read more at www.blackenterprise.com
