Monday 9 May 2022 01:59 AM Lindsey Graham says Roe v. Wade created a 'constitutional right that doesn't ... trends now
Sen. Lindsey Graham said on Sunday that the Supreme Court created a 'constitutional right that doesn't exist' when it made the right to an abortion the law of the land with Roe v. Wade in 1973.
Graham's comment comes nearly a week after the nation was plunged into an abortion-rights debate when a Supreme Court draft decision to overturn Roe v. Wade was leaked on Monday.
'Roe v. Wade created a constitutional right that doesn't exist in the written constitution,' Graham said to Bret Baier on Fox News Sunday, 'It's created division from the first day it was decided until now.'
Speaking to Brett Baier on Fox News Sunday, Senator Lindsey Graham said that Roe v. Wade created a 'constitutional right that doesn't exist,' and expressed 'hope' for a repeal
The overturning of Roe v. Wade would strip women of a nationwide right to an abortion - instead leaving it to individual states to rule on its legality.
If Roe v. Wade is overturned, it is expected that at least 18 states could rule to fully ban abortion, and another eight could institute partial bans.
The leaked decision, written by Justice Samuel Alito, called Roe v. Wade 'egregiously wrong from the start.'
'Its reasoning was exceptionally weak, and the decision has had damaging consequences. And far from bringing about a national settlement of the abortion issue, Roe and Casey have enflamed debate and deepened division,' Alito wrote, also citing the 1994 case Planned Parenthood v. Casey, which upheld Roe v. Wade.
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'The inescapable conclusion is that a right to abortion is not deeply rooted in the Nation's history and traditions,' wrote Alito.
Graham spoke in favor of Alito's decision in the interview on Sunday, expressing 'hope' for a repeal of abortion rights.
'If it does get repealed, which I hope it will, the issue will go back to the states,' said Graham on Sunday, 'The abortion debate will not go away in the country, it will be decided by the people, not a handful of judges.'
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