Roe v. Wade is history

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How come the judge in the row vs. Wade tried to make up a law in the constitution, that isn't there, hoping it will stick?

The USA needs to be like Sweden in every way there is.

He (actually, SCOTUS) didn't "make up a law in the constitution".

It was agreed that a woman has a right to bodily autonomy, and that right is is protected by the constitution.
This meant that a woman was free to make a decision about her own body, her own pregnancy, and terminate it if she wished without interference.

It's pretty basic stuff and shouldn't have ever been necessary to state - at least, not in a country like the USA which ordinarily takes pride in the freedoms it grants citizens.

Except now it isn't constitutionally protected. It's been moved backwards into an insane free-for-all where any state can make up its own rules on abortion.
That change essentially says to women, WRT pregnancy, "The state owns your body - you have no right to treat it as your own.".

As a result around 50% of all states have or intend to enact much stricter rules of abortion, with one extreme being that abortions will not be permitted after 12 weeks with no exceptions - not even in the case of rape or incest.
Other states will make no changes so abortion will still be available in those.

But it's the poorer women who will be most impacted - those who can't afford to travel to other states, the expense of hotels, medical bills etc. It's also not necessarily a quick hop over the border: she may be surrounded by states also forbidding abortions.

There are also several test cases just itching to get started: if someone drives a woman to a more favorable state so she has an abortion - is he then guilty of aiding a murder?

But it doesn't actually say this in the Constitution though unless I missed it?

I assume a person wouldn't be guilty of murder for going to another state if they cannot be charged in that state.

Beware when religion and ideology replace law, science, compassion, and common sense.

If women can now go to jail for having an abortion, can they also go to jail for having so much as a miscarriage even if whether by accident or just a passing unfortunate random occurrence?

I’ll have to reply later as I’m busy right now and can’t write in detail. Thanks to magz for filling in some of the blanks with common sense.

It seems you are denying the trauma of sex crimes and blaming religion, by stereotyping entire states. I’ll have to read this more closely later because I hope that’s not what you mean.

The doctors won't get sued. They'll probably get thrown in jail, possibly forever.

Could I have the long version?

Bodily autonomy, privacy, and access to abortion all matter for people with disabilities; reproductive justice is a disability justice issue. Last week’s Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization ruling will have a big effect on our community, because the Supreme Court plays a big role in interpreting and enforcing laws that affect people with disabilities. It’s important to understand what our rights around reproductive health care, especially abortion, are right now.

ASAN is holding a webinar series to talk about what the Supreme Court decision means for our rights, reproductive justice as disability justice, and the legal implications of the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization ruling. It’s important to have accessible information on decisions like this that affect our community, so all three webinars will be in plain language.

On Thursday, June 30 from 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM ET, we will be holding Our Bodies, Our Rights: What’s Going On at the Supreme Court?
In this webinar, we will talk about:

What is Roe v. Wade?
What is Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization?
Why does abortion matter to people with disabilities?
Why do bodily autonomy and self-determination matter to people with disabilities?


On Thursday, July 7 from 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM ET, we will be holding Where We Are Heading: Legal Implications of Dobbs?
In this webinar, we will talk about:

What cases were affected by the ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, such as Roe v. Wade?
What rights are affected by this ruling?
What does the right to privacy mean and how is it impacted by this ruling?
What is the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment?
What does stare decisis mean and how it is impacted by this ruling?


On Thursday, July 14 from 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM ET, we will be holding Resisting Together: Reproductive Justice as Disability Justice.
In this webinar, we will talk about:

What is reproductive justice?
What is disability justice?
What is forced sterilization?
Why does access to reproductive health care matter to people with disabilities?
What does self-determination have to do with reproductive justice?


All three webinars are open to everyone, but we especially want to invite self-advocates and allies to attend! They will be around 90 minutes each and will also be streamed on YouTube. The webinars will be on Zoom and will have CART (Communication Access Realtime Translation). If you have any questions or would like to request any additional accommodations such as ASL interpretation, please email [email protected].