Both Sides of the Abortion Debate Think Justice Kennedy’s Retirement Is a Game-Changer

Both supporters and opponents of abortion rights see the retirement of Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy as potentially signaling a radical shift in direction on the issue.

An appointee of President Ronald Reagan, Kennedy has cast several deciding votes in cases related to abortion access, co-authoring the landmark 1992 opinion in Planned Parenthood v. Casey which upheld core tenets of Roe v. Wade and casting a swing vote in 2017 on Whole Woman's Health v.