A lawyer who argued against the overturning of Roe V. Wade at the Supreme Court said that all 'liberty rights' are connected — and now deeply under threat

One of the lawyers who worked on the Jackson Women's Health Organization case told Insider that the decision to overturn Wade could lead to a backsliding of liberty rights.

The Supreme Court voted to overturn the abortion law on Friday.

The Mississippi law that sought to ban abortion after 15 weeks was one of the main challenges to abortion rights that had been codified for 50 years.

Alito wrote that the right to abortion is not protected by the constitution.

Clarence Thomas believes that rulings regarding access to contraception and same-sex marriage should be reexamined.

One of the lawyers who fought against the repeal of abortion rights was a partner at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton and Garrison. One of the most consequential supreme court decisions which helped lead to the nationwide legalization of same-sex marriage was won by them.

They told Insider that they are worried about a further repeal of liberty rights, which is the exact reality that Thomas described in his opinion.

Thanks for talking on this day. I want to know how you and your clients feel about the SCOTUS decision.

I can't imagine how the people who risk their lives every day to provide abortion care feel knowing that so many pregnant people will no longer be able to access this critical healthcare and exert control over their own bodies and lives

I'm really sad. As a parent and spouse to a daughter and wife and friend to so many women who may become pregnant and need to avail themselves of what has been a Constitutional right that generations have relied on. For the first time in American history, a fundamental constitutional right has been stripped away as a result of our constitution being written by and for the people.

How could this decision affect civil liberties?

Today's opinion isn't just an attack on abortion rights, it's also an attack on all the rights of the individual. There is no other outcome allowed by the majority opinion. Our legal system is similar to a stack of blocks. The right to abortion is the result of the right to purchase and use contraceptives. Everything in the tower needs to fall down if you want to remove a single block.

Readers should know about the impact of this decision in the US and on people seeking abortion care generally.

If you live in a state that outlaws abortion, today's decision means that you can do so. Today's decision will only perpetuate the already crushing racial, gender, and economic inequality that so many in this country already endure, because only those with the money and resources to afford to travel will be able to do so.