The majority opinion, written by Samuel Alito and largely conforming to the draft of this opinion leaked a month ago, is the most extreme version of this ruling possible. The issue at the heart of the case was a ban in Mississippi on abortions after 15 weeks of gestation. That ban was intended, clearly and directly, to frustrate the work of Jackson Women’s Health (the only abortion clinic in the state of Mississippi), which provided abortions up to 16 weeks. The conservative majority could have simply upheld the 15-week ban. Instead, it chose to tear down the whole constitutional edifice making abortion legal and revoke the right to bodily autonomy.

In overturning Roe and Casey, the conservatives left no exception for incest—when, say, a father illegally and grotesquely impregnates his young daughter. They left no exception for rape—when, say, an assailant violates a person and impregnates them against their will. Alito indicated that there might be an exception in cases where the life of the mother is at risk, but for us to know the contours of that exception, some unfortunate pregnant person will have to make a decision—under threat of being arrested and prosecuted or watching their doctor be arrested and prosecuted—and then bring a constitutional case that their rights were violated.

If that sounds like a dystopian hellscape, that’s because it is. It’s because the court’s conservative majority, and Republicans around the country, want to force others to live in that hell. It is a hell created entirely out of Christian fundamentalism that ignores the views of people with different faiths, or people who believe secularism is the proper grounding for law.

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Were Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh not under oath when they said they would stand by the Roe v. Wade precedent? What happens to judges who lie under oath?