Amy Coney Barrett defends by hitting Roe v. Wade in a new book

The Judge of the Supreme Court, Amy Coney Barrett, defends her 2022 vote to tear down Roe v. Wade in an upcoming memory, according to the extracts shared by CNN on Tuesday.

Barrett’s most “intense” reflections on his career revolve around the failure in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which ended half a century of federal abortion protections and led to extreme restrictions on reproductive rights in more than a dozen states.

“The evidence does not show that the American people have traditionally considered the right to obtain such a fundamental abortion for freedom that” there is no need to say “in the Constitution”, writes Barrett, according to CNN. “In fact, short evidence in the opposite direction. Abortion not only lacked long -standing protection in US law, but for a long time had been prohibited.”

That is a feeling similar to what Judge Samuel Alito expressed in his opinion of Dobbs: that “a right to abortion is not deeply rooted in the history and traditions of the nation.”

He did not mention that during the long period of prohibiting abortion from the United States, the country also prohibited women from voting, possessing properties or running for a position. And in his opinion, Alito repeatedly cited a 17th -century lawyer who had women executed by witchcraft.

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In a summary of the beliefs that Barrett expressed in his book, CNN reports that the judge said Roe “usurped the will of the American people.” Barrett wrote that the 1973 decision was “moving forward” of the Americans. “(T) The role of the Court is to respect the elections that people They have agreednot tell them what they I should accept“He also said, according to CNN.

However, the survey shows that 63% of Americans believe that abortion must be legal in all or most cases, and only 36% say it should be illegal in all or in most cases. These figures have been consistent in recent years, says the pollsters.

Barrett also writes in his book that he was on a family vacation after Dobbs’s decision was made public. His brother -in -law appeared on the trip with a copy, telling him that he would be reading it. Barrett wrote that he gave him a hug despite the fact that “Dobbs did not head the list of things he wanted to talk about vacation.”

According to CNN, Barrett’s book only mentions President Donald Trump, who nominated the Court in 2020 after the death of Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a defender of abortion rights.

Barrett’s memory, “Listening the Law”, will be published on September 9.