大法官塞缪尔·阿利托称，2022年他与最高法院的其他六名保守派大法官共同投票推翻“罗诉韦德案”的决定需要“勇气”。在 CBS 新闻即将播出的采访预告中，阿利托被问及是否有某个裁决特别需要勇气。
Justice Samuel Alito said his vote to overturn Roe v. Wade in 2022 alongside the Supreme Court’s six conservative justices, took “courage.”In a preview for his interview with CBS News, Alito was asked if there was a particular decision that took courage.
“最典型的例子就是‘多布斯诉杰克逊案’。我认为所有投赞成票的大法官都需要具备这种勇气，”他说道，“当时我们并未意识到这一点。那份后来被泄露的草案起草完成时我们也没意识到，但鉴于该裁决可能带来的深远影响，我们仍需要鼓起勇气去执行。”
“Well, the leading example is Dobbs [v. Jackson]. I think that required courage by all of the justices in the majority,” he said. “We didn’t know it at the time. We didn’t know it when we produced the draft that was leaked, but it required courage to go ahead with that because of the implications.”
“类似的例子还有很多。有些裁决甚至导致大法官们失去了多年的老友，这些后果都是我们必须承受的，”阿利托继续说道。
“There are others. I mean, there are cases that have resulted in the loss of old friendships, that’s something that you have to live with,” Alito continued.
当被问及“身为最高法院大法官是否意味着要承受失去朋友、收到死亡威胁甚至必须穿防弹背心”时，他回应道：“在处理具有争议性的案件时，必然会做出让部分民众不满的裁决，因为无论哪一方都会因这些决定而对你心生不满，这本身就是这份工作的组成部分。”
When asked if part of the job of a Supreme Court Justice is to lose friends, receive death threats or wear a bulletproof vest, he responded, “it’s part of the job that you’re going to displease people by making decisions on controversial matters because one side or the other is going to really dislike you because of the decisions.”
“至于那些人身威胁与骚扰行为，它们是我们社会中出现的新现象，令人深感不安，我认为这确实是一种危险，”阿利托总结道。
“The physical threats and the harassment represent something new in our society and something that’s quite disturbing, and I think it’s a danger,” Alito concluded.
四年多前，最高法院废除了近50年来受宪法保护的堕胎权，将限制或禁止堕胎的权限交还给各州。
Over four years ago, the Supreme Court eliminated the nearly 50-year-old constitutional right to abortion and handed states authority to drastically limit or ban the procedure.
在那份提前一个月泄露的多数派意见书中，阿利托写道：“‘罗诉韦德案’从一开始就是严重错误的决定”，他还指出该判例“带来了诸多负面后果”。
Alito wrote in the majority opinion — which was leaked a month before it was unveiled — “Roe was egregiously wrong from the start,” adding that its precedent “had damaging consequences.”
这一裁决引发了公众的强烈抗议，华盛顿特区的最高法院大楼外出现了大量示威人群。时任参议院少数党领袖、纽约州民主党籍参议员查克·舒默当时称，这一裁决标志着“我国历史上最黑暗的日子之一”。2023年 NBC 的一项民调显示，53%的美国民众强烈反对推翻“罗诉韦德案”的决定。
The decision drew public outcry with protests outside the Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said at the time the decision marked “one of the darkest days our country has ever seen.”An NBC poll from 2023 found 53 percent of Americans strongly disapprove of Roe v. Wade’s overturn.
自那以后，美国多个州相继实施了近乎全面的堕胎禁令，仅设有少数例外情况，同时还对协助实施堕胎的医疗工作者处以处罚。
Since then, many states across the U.S. have enacted near total bans on access to abortion with limited exceptions and imposed penalties for health professionals who aid in providing access to the procedure.