The fallout from the U.S. Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and 50 years of established precedent is being felt far and wide. It was reasonable to speculate that a new, emboldened conservative majority on the nation’s highest court would consider tighter restrictions on abortion. A complete overhaul? That was a stretch, even for the current composition of the court.
As recently as January, this column explored the high court’s balance between government control and bodily autonomy in the context of mandatory vaccination regulations. At that time, we wrote: “The current construct of the majority on the high court has demonstrated a commitment to protecting private businesses from overreach by the government. One could even say that striking down the vaccine mandate is a pivotal win for individual rights, personal liberty and body autonomy. It will be very interesting to see how those same principles play out when these same justices are asked to opine in a different context involving overreach by the government. Will fundamental rights carry the day? Or will we see a much different approach to how the government controls the individual choices we make with our bodies?”
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