What is the future of reproductive rights?

On June 24, 2022, the Supreme Court of the United States issued a 5-4 ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, holding that the U.S. Constitution does not confer a right to abortion, thus overturning the Court's prior decisions in Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey.

In the wake of the Dobbs v. Jackson decision, the future of abortion access, reproductive rights and women's healthcare in America is unclear. Sarah Wald, a legal expert and adjunct lecturer in public policy at Harvard Kennedy School, discusses the impact of the decision, the legal questions that it leaves unanswered, and the possible implications for other rights that have been protected by the due process clause of the 14th amendment.

00:00 — The Constitution and the right to privacy
01:08 — Implications for other rights
01:43 — "Deeply rooted in history"
03:00 — What the decision may mean for medical abortions
03:58 — The risk of partisanship to the Court's legacy
04:45 — Questions that remain after the Dobbs decision

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The dean of one the US’s leading schools of government blocked a position for the former head of Human Rights Watch (HRW) over his organisation’s criticism of Israel’s oppression of the Palestinians. The Harvard Kennedy School’s Carr Center for Human Rights Policy offered Kenneth Roth a position as a senior fellow shortly after he retired as director of HRW in April after 29 years. Roth is highly regarded within the human rights community for the part his organisation played in advances such as the creation of the international criminal court and the prosecution of major human rights abusers.

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[gabrieldias]

I cannot see any logical consequence between a person being sensitive towards the history and culture of their people and specifically having a degree in national history.

In my sincere opinion, if we carefully examine the history of any country, we can clearly see that people were not in favor of abortions; this change began through heavy media propaganda and the deliberate sponsorship of big brands and foundations, like MacArthur.

Their goal is clear: to create more compliant employees who desire nothing in life beyond work. Their means are also clear: alienate people using the media and branches of the constitution so that they can advance further and further with their death culture, to the point where people become so insensitive to this topic that a woman could kill her baby at 9 months of pregnancy.

Also, I would suggest that everyone who uses the term "reproductive rights", for a matter of mental exercise, try to commute this term by "rights to kill your son", since it is a much honest terminology.