Tag Archives: Potential life
Dobbs Sentences #188: Part II D 3
Paragraph 1 of 3 Sentence 5 of 5 This sentence appears to have two claims: “So if the rights at issue in those cases are fundamentally the same as the right recognized in Roe and Casey, the implication is clear: The Constitution does not permit the States to regard the destruction of a ‘potential life’ […]
Dobbs Sentences #187: Part II D 3
Paragraph 1 of 3 Sentence 4 of 5 This sentence contains two claims: “The exercise of the rights at issue in Griswold, Eisenstadt, Lawrence, and Obergefell does not destroy a ‘potential life,’ but an abortion has that effect.” These are true. Abortion is abortion and things that aren’t abortion aren’t abortion. The majority’s reluctance to […]
Dobbs Sentences #150: Part II C 1
Paragraph 6 of 6 Sentence 1 of 4 This sentence is packed with significance—and three claims: “What sharply distinguishes the abortion right from the rights recognized in the cases on which Roe and Casey rely is something that both those decisions acknowledged: Abortion destroys what those decisions call ‘potential life’ and what the law at […]
Dobbs Sentences #139: Part II C 1
The next sentence is a single claim: “Roe and Casey each struck a particular balance between the interests of a woman who wants an abortion and the interests of what they termed ‘potential life.’ Roe, 410 U.S., at 150 (emphasis deleted); Casey, 505 U.S., at 852.” Let’s see what the citations show us. Here’s Roe […]
Cynical Jason 