But critics of the court’s conservative majority gave the statement no credence. Wade decision, Justice Samuel Alito said the decision applied only to abortion. In the court’s majority opinion overturning the 1973 Roe v. Supreme Court’s decision allowing states to ban abortion stirred alarm Friday among LGBTQ advocates, who feared that the ruling could someday allow a rollback of legal protections for gay relationships, including the right for same-sex couples to marry.
