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It's a well-known fact among constitutional scholars that the founders supported abortion too. https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2022/05/15/abortion-histor
by lern_too_spel 4y ago
It's a well-known fact among constitutional scholars that the founders supported abortion too. https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2022/05/15/abortion-history-founders-alito/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2022/05/15/abortion-h...
This isn't about originalism. This is about the sitting judges' religious beliefs.
- peteradio 4y agoRead that article and it does not give any founders opinion on the subject.
- lern_too_spel 4y agoYou're right. i posted the wrong article. The point of that article is that abortion was so widespread and unregulated that most founders wouldn't even think it worth their time to write down their opinion about it. This is the droid you're looking for: https://www.npr.org/2022/05/18/1099542962/abortion-ben-franklin-roe-wade-supreme-court-leak https://www.npr.org/2022/05/18/1099542962/abortion-ben-frank... It reiterates the thesis of the first article: "It just wasn't something to be remarked upon. It was just a part of everyday life."