(CNN) Justice Sonia Sotomayor warned that constitutional rights enshrined in Supreme Court decisions concerning gun rights, same-sex marriage, birth control and other contentious issues could be open to attack depending on how the court handled the Texas abortion ban cases that were in front of it Monday. Texas has given citizens anywhere in the country a private right of action to sue those who facilitate abortions after that point. Sotomayor cited landmark opinions on gun control, same-sex marriage, sodomy and birth control. "How about in Obergefell, imposes SB 8-style liability on anyone who officiates, aids or abets a same-sex wedding? How about, dissatisfied with Lawrence vs. Texas, subjects private consensual sexual conduct of which it disapproved to the exact same law as SB 8?

Source: CNN November 02, 2021 05:32 UTC