Thomas disagreed, writing in his concurrence that the court should review those precedents and all decisions like Roe and Casey that based on the legal theory of вЂњsubstantive due process,вЂќ which states that rights not enumerated in the Constitution are protected by the 5th and 14th Amendments. вЂњNothing in this opinion should be understood to cast doubt on precedents that do not concern abortion.вЂќ вЂњe emphasize that our decision concerns the constitutional right to abortion and no other right,вЂќ Alito wrote.

Kavanaugh also agreed with Alito that FridayвЂ™s decision does not affect past Supreme Court decisions legalizing interracial and same-sex marriage or enshrining the right to use contraception - as abortion advocates had warned after the draft opinion leaked. вЂњThe CourtвЂ™s decision today properly returns the Court to a position of neutrality and restores the peopleвЂ™s authority to address the issue of abortion through the processes of democratic self-government established by the Constitution.вЂќ вЂњInstead of adhering to the ConstitutionвЂ™s neutrality, the Court in Roe took sides on the issue and unilaterally decreed that abortion was legal throughout the United States up to the point of viability (about 24 weeks of pregnancy),вЂќ Kavanaugh went on. Tap the right side of the screen below to watch this web story:

The nine unelected Members of this Court do not possess the constitutional authority to override the democratic process and to decree either a pro-life or a pro-choice abortion policy for all 330 million people in the United States. In his concurrence, Kavanaugh stated: вЂњBecause the Constitution is neutral on the issue of abortion, this Court also must be scrupulously neutral. вЂњAmple evidence thus suggests that a 15-week ban provides sufficient time, absent rare circumstances, for a woman вЂto decide for herselfвЂ™ whether to terminate her pregnancy,вЂќ the chief justice went on before adding that both AlitoвЂ™s opinion and the dissent by liberal Justices Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan вЂњdisplay a relentless freedom from doubt on the legal issue that I cannot share.вЂќ MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin In his concurrence, Roberts questioned whether overturning Roe and Casey was necessary to uphold the Mississippi abortion law, writing that AlitoвЂ™s opinion was вЂњthoughtful and thorough, but those virtues cannot compensate for the fact that its dramatic and consequential ruling is unnecessary to decide the case before us.вЂќ Ahead of the decision, Democrats in Congress attempted to codify Roe v. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein REUTERS/Evelyn HocksteinДЄlito was joined in his opinion by Justices Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett.В Thomas, Kavanaugh and Chief Justice John Roberts filed separate opinions concurring in AlitoвЂ™s judgment. And far from bringing about a national settlement of the abortion issue, Roe and Casey have enflamed debate and deepened division.вЂќДЄnti-abortion demonstrators celebrated the decision outside the Supreme Court on Friday. вЂњIts reasoning was exceptionally weak, and the decision has had damaging consequences. вЂњRoe was egregiously wrong from the start,вЂќ Alito wrote in language held over from the leaked draft. The decision was handed down more than eight weeks after a draft version of AlitoвЂ™s opinion was leaked to Politico - sparking outrage and protests across the country.В Crowds of pro-abortion and anti-abortion activists similarly gathered outside the court following FridayвЂ™s ruling, though there were no immediate reports of arrests or violence. We now overrule those decisions and return that authority to the people and their elected representatives.вЂќ вЂњThe Constitution does not prohibit the citizens of each State from regulating or prohibiting abortion. вЂњAbortion presents a profound moral question,вЂќ Alito wrote. Casey, in which the court found that state laws restricting abortion should not impose an вЂњundue burdenвЂќ on women seeking the procedure. Wade decision that legalized abortion throughout the US, upholding a Mississippi law banning the procedure after 15 weeks of pregnancy вЂ“ and leaving the issue up to each of the 50 states.ДЇridayвЂ™s opinion by Justice Samuel Alito also overturned a 1992 case, Planned Parenthood v. The US Supreme Court has overturned its 49-year-old landmark Roe v. Harris suggests state abortion laws вЂdesigned to intentionally confuseвЂ™ KansasвЂ™ abortion vote vindicates Dobbs - and shows democracy alive and well in America Higher ed unites against Asian students in Supreme CourtвЂ™s Harvard discrimination case вЂThis is creepyвЂ™: Vox reporter faces backlash for tweeting prewritten Justice Alito obituary

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