Sept. 2, 2021: SCOTUS ruling puts Roe v. Wade on the ropes

Published: Sept. 2, 2021, 10:03 a.m.

b'BREAKING OVERNIGHT: The Supreme Court, by 5 to 4, declined to block Texas\\u2019s law banning abortions after six weeks \\u2014 a strong but not final indication that the court will soon overturn Roe v. Wade \\u2026 Conservative majority cites \\u201ccomplex,\\u201d \\u201cnovel\\u201d legal technicalities and insists constitutionality can still be reviewed later on \\u2026 Chief Justice John Roberts and the court\\u2019s three liberals write outraged dissents describing the law as clearly unconstitutional and blasting the majority for shirking their duty. \\u2026 The ruling, per AP, \\u201c\\u200b\\u200bfor now [strips] most women of the right to an abortion in the nation\\u2019s second-largest state.\\u201d\\n\\nWhat you\\u2019ll hear today from abortion rights supporters, via former acting Solicitor General Neal Katyal (@Neal Katyal): \\u201cCongress should tmrw pass legislation to codify Roe. SCOTUS powerless to stop it. If [Republicans] filibuster, great [argument] to get rid of it.\\u201d'