Roe v. Wade appears nowhere in the Constitution

Let's see. Today we have a full slate of opinion columns that promises to have something for everybody. Abortion. Healthcare. Matt Damon. Historic racism. Take your pick. 

Roe v. Wade was a lousy decision

By Ryan T. Anderson and Robert P. George

Last month, Mississippi presented a brief to the Supreme Court arguing that our national charter, the Constitution of the United States, does not confer a right to abortion. This is irrefutably true. No such right can be found in the text of the Constitution, or in its structure, logic or original understanding. Mississippi then took the next step: asking the court to finally admit that cases claiming that there is such a right – Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey – had been wrongly decided and need to be overruled. 

Today's editorial cartoon 

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Why is American health care so inaccessible?

By Stacy Torres

Why does the most accessible health care of my father’s life come only at the end? It doesn’t have to be this hard. My father’s one week in hospice pried my eyes open to how much better our fragmented American health care system could function if we eased the "administrative burdens" that stymie patients, families and their health care providers. 

Take a moment and read these

• I wish I could cancel Matt Damon. It's outrageous he's using hateful gay slurs 
• Republicans ignoring racial disparities in our military aren’t paying attention
• 'Mr. Spanish' was buried at this Texas school. It may become a new national park
• Vermonters find reparations work ‘painful and messy and complicated’

This newsletter was compiled by Louie Villalobos