Same-sex couples updating legal status after abortion ruling
Emails and phone calls from same-sex couples, worried about the legal status of their marriages and keeping their children, flooded attorney Sydney Duncan’s office within hours of the Supreme Court’s decision eliminating the constitutional right to abortion.
The ruling last week didn’t directly affect the 2015 decision that paved the way for same-sex marriage. But, Duncan said, it was still a warning shot for families headed by same-sex parents who fear their rights could evaporate like those of people seeking to end a pregnancy.
“That has a lot of people scared and, I think, rightfully so,” said Duncan, who specializes in representing members of the LGBTQ community at the Magic City Legal Center in Birmingham.
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The court’s three most liberal members warn in their dissent that the ruling could be used to challenge other personal freedoms: “Either the mass of the majority’s opinion is hypocrisy, or additional constitutional rights are under threat. It is one or the other.”
https://apnews.com/article/abortion-us-supreme-court-health-marriage-71af5f7862f8008299702f7b1a4147b5
The answer is... Additional constitutional rights are under threat. They will come for same sex marriage, contraception and more... They have made it clear and there is no doubt.
We need more in both the senate and the house, that is clear. I feel we are well on our way there but it must be decisive. GOTV, give what you can and volunteer. DU'er Wednesdays daily thread is a great place to start... Read it, give it some love and use it to get to where we need to be. Todays is here:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100216875764
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