After the Supreme Court reversed Roe v. Wade this week, Justice Clarence Thomas received harsh criticism from former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for urging that the court revisit cases involving same-sex partnerships and access to contraception.
Clinton, a 1973 graduate of Yale Law School, stated, "I went to law school with him," in an interview with Gayle King that was conducted on Monday and aired on "CBS Mornings" on Tuesday. He has been filled with resentment for as long as I have known him. indignation, grudge, and resentment.Thomas was a member of the majority opinion that overturned Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey on Friday, eliminating the long-standing legal precedent that supported abortion rights. Thomas encouraged the justices to reevaluate other issues involving the right to privacy because they would jeopardize same-sex marriage and other liberties in a concurring opinion.
The conservative majority of the court will continue to try to "turn back the clock" on constitutional liberties, according to Clinton, a former first lady and Democratic candidate for president.
According to her, the decision's "ultimate goal" is "really to destroy the progress that women have accomplished from the last 150 years," she claimed.
And the outcome will be fatal, she said.
Women are going to die, Gayle, despite the fact that there are a lot of extremely upsetting aspects to it. Women will perish.
Clinton pointed out that despite being upsetting, the Supreme Court's decision was not unexpected because the right had been working for years to increase the number of conservatives on the court. Three justices on the current Supreme Court were chosen by former President Donald Trump, giving the court a 6-3 conservative majority.
The contentious choice, according to Clinton, should "wake up a lot of Americans."Following the Supreme Court decision, several states moved swiftly to restrict access to abortion. Clinton called the verdict a "awful travesty" and said the government shouldn't get involved in private matters.
Who decides? I don't care what political party or religion you belong to. Will the authorities be in your bedroom? Are these decisions going to be made by the government? This court has inflicted upon us a terrible travesty, and we are only at the beginning of it, declared Clinton.
Clinton endorsed doing away with the filibuster, a Senate procedural requirement that makes it easier for the minority party, in this case, the Republicans, to block legislation. She stated that if politicians lacked the political support to entirely abolish the filibuster, they need to do so for legislation pertaining to abortion and other constitutional issues, such as voting rights.
King questioned Clinton about how she would react to those who believe that the abortion decision serves to defend "the rights of unborn children."
"That is mostly a religious belief, and I appreciate that. And for this reason, the court in Roe v. Wade stated that the government will not make this decision in a pluralistic democracy like ours," Clinton remarked.
"No matter what, you get to make that decision," she said. "If it is your personal belief, based on whatever, that there is no legitimate basis for abortion — even if you're in the hospital and bleeding out, even if you're told you have cancer and chemotherapy is necessary and therefore an abortion is necessary — no matter what, you get to make that decision."Speaking on February 17, 2022, in New York City at the New York Democratic Party state nominating convention is former US secretary of state and former senator Hillary Clinton. – A two-day convention for New York Democrats will begin on February 16, 2022.
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