Thread by @DeeperThrill

People desperately want today's ruling to be about abortion, whereas it was just about SCOTUS declaring they're not being in a position to guarantee a right not listed in the constitution, and instead turning that power back to the individual states instead of the federal govt.

If someone made the claim that it IS the federal government's job to guarantee the right of an abortion, that would be one thing. SCOTUS simply said for a new right to be part of "liberty" of 14th amndmt it had to be a social norm already, and abortion was outlawed for centuries.

But nobody was saying that, and very few people I bet read the opinion itself. It's a legal distinction. They basically said the 14th amendment can't just include anything under the right to "liberty" if it wasn't a societal norm already and that Roe vs Wade made a poor argument.

Now I actually disagree with this premise, because there are plenty of things that I believe should be under "liberty" regarding bodily autonomy that history has ignored.

But that's a very different stance that the dunces who are frothing at the mouth about infanticide.

So dumb

Here's a thread of some quotes I plucked out of the actual ruling this morning if you're curious:

https://twitter.com/DeeperThrill/status/1540350593814122498?t=XQ3A16Kj3SQ7wTMK4nJ5lA&s=19

I do think #MyBodyMyChoice is a fundamental right for women, the same stance I have for the COVID vax mandate.

Is it something that should be up to individual state legislatures to decide? I don't think so.

But to have a stance on the issue, you have to understand it deeper.