In his dissenting opinion regarding an abortion case before the Supreme Court, Justice Clarence Thomas asserted that the passage of Roe v. Wade was "grievously wrong."
In his dissenting opinion regarding an abortion case before the Supreme Court, Justice Clarence Thomas asserted that the passage of Roe v. Wade was "grievously wrong."
Justice Clarence Thomas, who joined the majority opinion during a vote to overturn a 1972 Supreme Court case decision requiring unanimous verdicts, was blunt in criticizing Roe. Thomas is a longtime opponent of Roe and voted with the minority in Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pa. v. Casey. He would have overturned Roe in that ‘92 case.
When I first received the invitation to attend the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the law building at Mercer University, I did not anticipate that I would end up writing a story on Clarence Thomas. In fact, I had no idea what I was getting myself into, but after hearing Supreme Court Judge Thomas speak, I felt compelled to share his story.
Justice Thomas, who is on record as opposing the Supreme Court’s pro-choice rulings, said, “our abortion jurisprudence has spiraled out of control.”
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas cited lessons from the history of the American eugenics movement Tuesday in warning that abortion can be a “tool” to eliminate entire segments of the population.
