Letters: High Court hits low ratings with Roe ruling

High Court hits low ratings with Roe ruling

The world has experienced the true definition of "chutzpah" — a combination of arrogance and nerve. After publicly stating — and obviously lying — that they would never consider overturning established precedent, the latest additions to the U.S. Supreme Court -- Justices Brett Kavanaugh, Neil Gorsuch and Amy Coney Barrett -- sided with Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas to overturn Roe v. Wade.

These are the same justices who toss the word "originalism" around when it suits them. They claim that these rights were not mentioned in the Constitution and to think otherwise is simply a matter of interpretation, so-called "activism." These are the same justices who appear to be intent upon expanding gun rights. Yet, the Second Amendment simply speaks about the need for guns in the event that states find it necessary to form a militia. No wonder the Supreme Court approval rating is at the all time low of 25%.

Ellie Schweitzer, Palm Beach Gardens

Ruling threatens a return to a dark time

This SCOTUS ruling will not stop desperate women from getting abortions. I was a young RN in the ‘50s when there were no legal abortions and ERs were filled with young women found on the streets, infected from butchers, who were not doctors, terminating their pregnancies. These were not evil women; they were desperate women who found themselves in an untenable situation, because the men they trusted refused to protect them before they were ready to be mothers, or worse, they were impregnated by a rapist.

In the ‘60s, I was recovery room nurse for Women's Medical Center where owner and director of the center, Mona Freeman, wisely counseled every woman who came to have her pregnancy terminated. Mona would not allow a termination to be performed (by one of two qualified licensed gynecology surgeons) without the woman being counseled and given all her options. When she was satisfied this was the woman's true decision, only then was she scheduled for the surgery, as long as the pregnancy was within 12 weeks. I became her recovery room nurse because I was pro-choice and anti-dangerous illegal abortions, then and now.

Peggy Butler, West Palm Beach

Swap black robes for the red and blue

The members of the highest court in our land, SCOTUS, have been wearing  traditional black robes which, in my mind, signals their supposed impartiality. Overturning Roe vs Wade, a constitutional right which was a 7-2 decision voted upon 50 years ago, signals an obvious color change in their robing. The court is now divided, so they might as well be wearing red and blue robes to signal their political party.

Betsy F. Bigley, Palm Beach Gardens

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