On Friday, the Supreme Court decided to overturn previous abortion rights.
In a concurring opinion, Justice Thomas said that the court should reconsider its rulings on contraceptives, same-sex relationships and same-sex marriage.
All of the substantive due process precedents should be reconsidered in the future.
Justice Clarence Thomas agreed with the Supreme Court's decision to overturn the precedent set in the case of abortion.
Justice Samuel Alito wrote an opinion in favor of the state of Mississippi in a women's health case.
The standard that allowed abortion until about 24 weeks of pregnancy was eliminated by the decision.
The court should look at other cases that fall under the previous due process precedents, according to Thomas' opinion.
In future cases, we should reconsider all of this Court's substantive due process precedents.
Any American has the right to due process before someone takes away their rights.
A concurring opinion is one that agrees with the majority opinion of the Supreme Court, but acknowledges differing reasons for coming to the same conclusion. Unlike the majority opinion, the opinion is not binding.
In 1965, the Supreme Court decided that people have the right to privacy granted by the Bill of Rights that protects against state restrictions on contraceptives. States would be able to outlaw various forms of birth control if the law is overturned.
The Supreme Court ruled in 2003 that making it a crime for people of the same sex to have sex violates the due process clause.
Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote that the right to liberty under the Due Process Clause gave them the right to engage in their conduct without government intervention.
The due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment protects the rights of same-sex couples to marry.
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