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Jim Obergefell, the lead plaintiff in the landmark Supreme Court case Obergefell v. Hodges , which legalized gay marriage in 2015, argued that marriage equality is threatened in the United States if Roe v. Wade (1973) is overturned.
Obergefell made the remarks in an MSNBC segment Friday. The segment opened with host Jason Johnson saying that overturning Roe “goes beyond just the assault on abortion rights.” The came after the draft opinion from the Supreme Court abortion case Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization was leaked and published on Monday. The draft opinion shows the Justices voted to overturn Roe in the Dobbs ruling.
“Legal experts have made clear that it’s a slippery slope from Alito’s argument against Roe to the erosion of other rights, like marriage equality,” he stated. Obergefell then joined the segment where they discussed the implications that they think Roe, which pertains to […]
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