Wednesday, February 8, 2023

Federal judge says constitutional right to abortion may still exist, despite Dobbs - POLITICO

Kollar-Kotelly noted that there is some legal scholarship suggesting that the 13th Amendment — which was ratified at the end of the Civil War and sought to ban slavery and "involuntary servitude" — provides just such a right. She is asking the parties in the criminal case, which involves charges of blocking access to abortion clinics, to present arguments by mid-March... 

Beyond the 13th Amendment argument that Kollar-Kotelly floated, several Jewish organizations have filed lawsuits arguing that religious freedom protections in the First Amendment or state constitutions may extend to abortion rights. 

A Massachusetts-based Satanic temple has also filed lawsuits contending that abortion restrictions in other states violate the group's religious freedom rights.


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