Tag Archives: Belief
Dobbs Sentences #141: Part II C 1
Paragraph 4 of 6 Sentence 4 of 6 This sentence is another simple claim: “In some States, voters may believe that the abortion right should be even more extensive than the right that Roe and Casey recognized.” Again, this claim is undoubtedly true, but my questions from the previous sentence remain: people will have different […]
Dobbs Sentences #136: Part II C 1
Paragraph 3 of 6 Sentence 2 of 3 This seems like a less significant sentence, but it contains two consequential claims: “While individuals are certainly free to think and to say what they wish about ‘existence,’ ‘meaning,’ the ‘universe,’ and ‘the mystery of human life,’ they are not always free to act in accordance with […]
Dobbs Sentences #130: Part II B 3
Paragraph 11 of 11 Sentence 1 of 2 The next sentence has three claims: “One may disagree with this belief (and our decision is not based on any view about when a State should regard prenatal life as having rights or legally cognizable interests), but even Roe and Casey did not question the good faith […]
Dobbs Sentences #128: Part II B 3
Paragraph 10 of 11 Sentence 1 of 2 One claim in this sentence: “There is ample evidence that the passage of these laws was instead spurred by a sincere belief that abortion kills a human being.” That’s a motive, too, right? Certainly held by some—maybe even most—but it would be irresponsible to ascribe it to […]
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