""The legal justifications underpinning the right to an abortion are foundational to other key decisions as well: Griswold v. Connecticut, which ruled states could not outlaw contraception; Loving v. Virginia, which ruled states could not outlaw interracial marriage; Lawrence v. Texas, which ruled that states could not outlaw sodomy; and Obergefell v. Hodges, which ruled states could not outlaw same-sex marriage. ""
Loving v. Virginia's holding is primarily based on equal protection not due process. This is an important distinction, as the substantive "right to privacy" the other cases rely upon is not required to uphold Loving. I am not surprised a historian by trade would miss this point.
""The legal justifications underpinning the right to an abortion are foundational to other key decisions as well: Griswold v. Connecticut, which ruled states could not outlaw contraception; Loving v. Virginia, which ruled states could not outlaw interracial marriage; Lawrence v. Texas, which ruled that states could not outlaw sodomy; and Obergefell v. Hodges, which ruled states could not outlaw same-sex marriage. ""
Loving v. Virginia's holding is primarily based on equal protection not due process. This is an important distinction, as the substantive "right to privacy" the other cases rely upon is not required to uphold Loving. I am not surprised a historian by trade would miss this point.
unsettling developments :(