Here Are the 207 Members of Congress Who Just Asked SCOTUS to Consider Overruling Roe v. Wade

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Here Are the 207 Members of Congress Who Just Asked SCOTUS to Consider Overruling Roe v. Wade
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A coalition of 207 members of Congress on Thursday filed an amicus brief to the Supreme Court asking it to “reconsider” two landmark abortion cases—Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood of Se. PA v. Casey—in an apparent effort to crush reproductive rights at the federal level. The brief, which is hinged on battle over a Louisiana law that would require doctors who perform abortions to have admitting privileges at hospitals within 30 miles, attempts to be large enough in scope it suggests a reconsideration of Roe and Casey should be, “if appropriate, overruled”:

in an apparent effort to crush reproductive rights at the federal level. The brief, which is hinged on battle over a Louisiana law that would require doctors who perform abortions to have admitting privileges at hospitals within 30 miles, attempts to be large enough in scope it suggests a reconsideration of Roe and Casey should be, “if appropriate, overruled”:

Finally, Amici respectfully suggest that the Fifth Circuit’s struggle to define the appropriate “large fraction” or determine what “burden” on abortion access is “undue” illustrates the unworkability of the “right to abortion” found in Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 and the need for the Court to again take up the issue of whether Roe and Casey should be reconsidered and, if appropriate, overruled.

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