Dissent

Justices David Souter, John Paul Stevens, Stephen Breyer, and Ruth Ginsburg dissented. They believed that a woman’s body is hers, and she should have the freedom to do with it as she chooses. They claimed this ban is an invasion of a woman’s privacy.

The other five justices were in favor of the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban. They were Justices, Antonio Scalia, Anthony Kennedy, Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, and Chief Justice John G. Roberts.