For the Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, John Roberts, who this Friday voted by a majority against abortion, the five conservative magistrates of the highest judicial body they exaggerated in the decision to set aside the “Roe v. Wade ”, who almost 50 years ago made voluntary termination of pregnancy a federal right protected by the Constitution.

“The decision gave a serious shock to the judicial system. A more limited sentence would have been less disturbing“Roberts wrote, and so he aligned himself with the position of the majority, but he wanted, in turn, to express his difference.

The chief judge, reports the Ansa agency, would have preferred to limit himself to validating the case in question, the Mississippi law that prohibits abortion after 15 weeks. Mississippi would not have wanted the Court to take this drastic step to overturn Roe v. Wade, Roberts said.

But Roberts’ moderate stance clashed with the right-wing bloc in which Samuel Alito, who wrote the outspoken majority opinion, and Clarence Thomas (who wanted to abolish contraception) joined Trump’s three-nominated judges, Neil. Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett.

“We ended this opinion where we started. Abortion presents a profound moral issue. The Constitution does not prohibit citizens of every state from regulating or prohibiting abortion. Roe and Casey took that authority for themselves. Now let’s turn those around. decisions and we return that authority to the people and their elected representatives, ”Judge Samuel Alito wrote in the court’s opinion.

However, Fox reports, Roberts said he would take “a more measured course”.

The magistrate held that the right to abortion “it should be extended long enough to provide a reasonable opportunity for choicebut it does not need to be further extended, certainly not to vitality, “a concept that a woman is said to have the right to have an abortion until the fetus is deemed capable of surviving outside the womb.

Roberts adds that “the feasibility rule was created outside the normal course of litigation, it is and has always been completely unreasonable and does not take into account the recognized legitimate interests of the state.”

He also defines Alito’s sentence as “thoughtful and thorough”, but adds that “those virtues cannot compensate for the fact that his dramatic and coherent sentence is not necessary to decide the case in question.”

Joe Biden called for a law to legalize it

This was stated by the president of the United States, Joe Biden “it’s a sad day” for the Supreme Court and the country, after the court overturned the Roe v. Wade of 1973, ending nearly 50 years of legal protection for the right to abortion.

Biden too he took the opportunity to ask for the legalization of abortion in the United States, after stating that “women’s lives and health are in danger”.

In his speech at the White House, the president harshly attacked the three conservative judges of the Supreme Court of the country appointed by his predecessor, Donald Trump, on whom he attributed the utmost responsibility for the sentence that eliminates the protection of the right to abortion.

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