Breyer says he hated Dobbs decision, did ‘everything I could to persuade people’

By Kaelan Deese

Published September 23, 2022 4:12pm ET

Breyer says he hated Dobbs decision, did ‘everything I could to persuade people’ — United States Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer speaks to an audience at the French Cultural Center, Monday, Feb. 13, 2017, in Boston, during a forum called From the Bench to the Sketchbook. | (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Former Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer said he hated the summer opinion that overturned nearly 50 years of abortion precedent under Roe v. Wade, admitting that he tried to persuade other justices to change their decisions.

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