WHY are the two decisions linked to abortion?
Someone “accidentally” posted the Supreme Court’s decision for Moyle v. United States.
The case relates to an Idaho law that bans abortions in emergency situations.
The opinion shows an affirmative vote, 6-3, with Justices Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch, and Clarence Thomas dissenting.
That means Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Amy Coney Barrett and Brett Kavanaugh vote yes.
SCOTUS’s press office said the court has not been released.
“The opinion in Moyle v. United States, No. 23-726, and Idaho v. United States, No. 23-727, has not been released,” said spokeswoman Patricia McCabe. “The Court’s Publications Unit inadvertently and briefly uploaded a document to the Court’s website. The Court’s opinion in Moyle v. United States and Idaho v. United States will be issued in due course.”
Idaho’s law allows abortion if a mother’s life is at risk.
If the opinion is authentic, then it is the second time this term SCOTUS has “deflected ruling on the merits of abortion.”
The majority said that “women could retain access to emergency abortions as the case works its way through the courts.”
However, I want to bring attention to Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s concurring opinion.
Jackson uses the phrase pregnant patients.
Justice Elena Kagen said pregnant women in her opinion. Jackson?
Pregnant patients.
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