Ok, I need everybody to read Section III-A of Alito's dissent in the Idaho abortion case. He says - explicitly and specifically - that in cases where the amniotic sac breaks before the 24th week of pregnancy, abortions should be prohibited. HE SPECIFICALLY NOTES THE DANGERS. He points out that...
...total and complete bed rest for the remainder of the pregnancy is required; that up to 37% of women with this condition who don't get an abortion go into septic shock; that serious health problems are almost universal... but since only 1%-5% of women die, abortion should illegal there.
Alito starts out with "The Members of this Court are not physicians and should therefore be wary about expressing conclusions about medical issues," and then immediately goes into 4 pages of detailed analysis of the health risks of a specific pregnancy complication at various stages of pregnancy.
Has there ever been a Supreme Court decision where Justices analyze symptoms to independently determine whether they will cause enough harm for a real doctor to intervene? The closest thing I have seen are Thomas's patent decision where he pretends to understand the underlying technology.
