CNN contributor dismisses concerns that the overturning of Roe means other rights are on the line
Scott Jennings: “I think people who are saying that today are likely doing it for political reasons”
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Citation From the May 3, 2022 edition of CNN's CNN Newsroom
ERICA HILL (CO-ANCHOR): There's been a lot of talk today about what else is not in the Constitution, if you take that view, right? Do you see this as perhaps leading to other rights tied to privacy now being perhaps up for grabs, whether that's contraception or same-sex marriage?
SCOTT JENNINGS (CNN POLITICAL COMMENTATOR): I don't know, candidly. I wouldn't expect that in the short-term certainly, and I think people who are saying that today are likely doing it for political reasons. I think this particular matter has been at the forefront of American political debate for 50 years now, and that's why it's being decided today. It took a long time to go from the Roe decision to today, so no, I don't necessarily see it that way, but then again, who can know what's in the minds of the court, and who knows what cases are going to bubble up, but I don't personally expect that to be the case.