More than 200 members of Congress urge US supreme court to reconsider Roe v Wade
Posted on AllSides January 3rd, 2020
From The Left
More than two hundred members of Congress have urged the US supreme court to reconsider the landmark 1973 Roe v Wade ruling which legalized abortion nationwide.
The appeal came in an amicus brief in a Louisiana case, and was signed by 205 Republicans and two Democrats, and calls on the high court to revisit the ruling, which affirmed that access to safe abortion is a constitutional right.
It comes at a time when abortion rights in the US are increasingly under threat, and the issue is likely to become a...