- Abortion rights advocates had long warned that other rights could be at stake if Roe fell.
- In the majority opinion, Justice Alito wrote that other rights were not at issue in the ruling.
- Still experts have predicted that overturning Roe will lead to challenges over same-sex marriage.
WASHINGTON – Associate Justice Clarence Thomas said Friday that the Supreme Court should “reconsider” other rights established by the high court in the wake of its decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, including access to contraception and gay marriage.
Thomas’ concurring opinion – which no other member of the court joined – tracks with an argument abortion rights groups had made for months leading up to the court’s blockbuster abortion decision: a ruling that the Constitution doesn’t protect a right to an abortion would jeopardize other rights the court established under the 14th Amendment.
