Biden, other critics fear Thomas’s "extreme" position on contraception

Democrats like Representative Jerrold Nadler, of New York, called Thomas’s suggestion to review contraception ‘’merely the beginning of a radical right-wing effort to roll back” people’s rights.

Legal experts echoed Biden’s remarks regarding the path Thomas’s opinion could take the high court. Thomas’s opinion “has more or less set a road map for future litigation,” Laurie Sobel, Kaiser Family Foundation’s associate director for policy, told The Post.

“Here’s how you can bring this litigation and claim that this was decided wrongly,” she added.

Sobel said there is a possibility that litigation may come, such as if a state were to ban IUDs or contraception and someone sued, but that it remains unclear which way the majority of the court would lean.

Critics decried Thomas for saying precedents like contraception should be reviewed by the Supreme Court, despite being established law for decades.

‘’It does not end at abortion,’’ wrote Rahna Epting, the executive director of the liberal group MoveOn. ‘’Republicans will not stop until they have stripped away every freedom they can’t load with bullets.’’