Amid the fallout after the Supreme Court’s ruling overturning Roe v. Wade, the landmark decision that established the constitutional right to abortion in 1973, social media users have been speculating about what reproductive rights may be next to go.
A Sept. 18 Instagram post claims the nation's highest court has already made another significant move.
“Supreme Court just voted to ban condoms,” reads the post, which features an image of a condom. The post received more than 150 likes in one day.
But the claim is baseless.
The Supreme Court did not vote to ban condoms. The court is on recess until October, and none of its opinions from the previous term banned condoms.
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USA TODAY reached out to the user who shared the claim for comment.
The post claims the Supreme Court “just” voted to ban condoms. But the court has been on recess since June 30, according to a press release from the court. The court’s website says it will not begin a new term until the first week of October.
A Ballotpedia webpage of all the court’s opinions from the 2021-2022 term makes no mention of any decision that bans condoms. There is also nothing on the Supreme Court's website about such a ruling.
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