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    Commentary: Dobbs isn’t the first time the Supreme Court took away key rights

    After the Dobbs decision ended federal protections for abortion, some high-profile responses suggested the ruling marked the first time the Supreme Court rescinded an established fundamental right. But that is not true for Black Americans. They did gain, then lose, basic rights at the hands of the Supreme Court. It would take decades to get even some of those rights back. Understanding that ...
    by Christopher M. Richardson, Los Angeles Times Jul 19, 2022 3 minutes
    Jackson Women's Health, a case about a Mississippi law that bans most abortions after 15 weeks, on Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2021, in Washington, D.C..

    After the Dobbs decision ended federal protections for abortion, some high-profile responses suggested the ruling marked the first time the Supreme Court rescinded an established fundamental right.

    But that is not true for Black Americans. They did gain, then lose, basic rights at the hands of the Supreme Court. It would take decades to get even some of those rights back. Understanding that history may well be key to helping America face another daunting chapter of rights granted then denied.

    After the Civil War ended in 1865, during Reconstruction, the

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