Justice Samuel Alito, who authored the opinion that reversed Roe v. Wade, claims that his Catholic faith helps him to be aware of how SCOTUS judgments affect people in the “real world.”

At the Catholic University of America's law school, Justice Samuel Alito gave a speech.
According to Reuters, the judge talked about how his Catholic faith affects how he handles cases.
Roe v. Wade was not mentioned by Alito, the author of the majority opinion that reversed it.

Justice Samuel Alito of the Supreme Court stated this week that his Catholic religion compels him to carefully consider how the decisions of the top court affect ordinary people.

The conservative judge authored the majority opinion that overruled Roe v. Wade earlier this year, effectively invalidating the almost 50-year-old precedent-setting decision that legalized abortion throughout the nation.

Since then, the procedure has either been outlawed or severely restricted in a number of Republican states. At least 15 states had virtually abolished all abortion services as of September.

People across the country have begun to feel the effects of the decision's reversal in recent months, including an Ohio 10-year-old who was compelled to cross state lines to receive abortion care in July and a Florida court who ordered a 16-year-old mother to give birth to her child because she wasn't "mature" enough to obtain an abortion.Alito gave the opening address on Tuesday for the Project on Constitutional Originalism and the Catholic Intellectual Tradition at The Catholic University of America's law department, according to Reuters. The justice spoke about how his own religious beliefs impact his capacity to exercise judicial authority.

According to the source, to recognized that his position as a judge might have a "indirect," though still "strong," impact on people.

He reportedly told the crowd, "It's vital to remember that these decisions are not abstract conversations – they have real impact on the world.

The overturn of Roe v. Wade was conspicuously absent from his remarks, as were any of the other contentious cases from the court's previous term, such as rulings that increased gun rights and limited the federal government's power to combat climate change.

According to Reuters, Alito ignored all of the vitriol he's previously leveled at loud opponents of the Roe reversal and instead concentrated on Catholicism and the law in his remarks.

The Supreme Court's upcoming term is due to begin just a few days after his presentation.

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