Alabama's frontal assault on Roe v. Wade
NY Times:
Roe v. Wade was one of the more poorly reasoned Supreme Court cases in history and it was done to reach a controversial result which still reverberates to this day. Most of the supporters of the decision do so based on the results they wanted and not on the merits of the argument made to justify it. It has been described as penumbra law. That is because the opinion could cite nothing in the constitution to directly justify the results they sought and so the justices claimed that could bootstrap a perceived right of privacy to allow the killing of babies in the womb. The decision remains controversial, to say the least. The courts have been reluctant to overturn the decision despite its obvious defects. That is why most states that oppose the decision have gone with the "chip away" approach to reversing it. Alabama has chosen an in your face approach to reversal.Alabama Aims Squarely at Roe, but the Supreme Court May Prefer Glancing Blows
The court’s conservative majority may prefer to chip away at abortion rights rather than overrule Roe outright.
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