Amy Coney Barrett: Abortion Didn’t Pass ‘Liberty’ Test in Roe

Amy Coney Barrett: Abortion Didn’t Pass ‘Liberty’ Test in Roe

The landmark abortion ruling in Roe v. Wade lacked constitutional footing under the Supreme Court's own test for unenumerated rights, Justice Amy Coney Barrett told The New York Times. Barrett said the Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health decision, which overturned Roe in June 2022, was not an exercise in "pure" originalism but an application of precedent-driven methodology. "The Dobbs decision applied a framework. It actually isn't an originalist de…