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After abortion, gay marriage? Fears US court may target other rights

Abortion rights demonstrators outside the US Supreme Court on May 3, 2022.

NEW YORK: After abortion, could gay marriage be next? With America’s Supreme Court poised to roll back half a century of abortion rights, activists fear conservatives will set their sights on other constitutional freedoms, starting with same sex unions.

Also under threat could be gay sex or access to contraception, while future rulings could impact new areas such as transgender rights, legal experts say.

“The results of this case, if this opinion is actually the final opinion, will unravel constitutional rights that generations of Americans have taken for granted,” said professor Katherine Franke of Columbia University’s Center for Gender…

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