SNL's abortion rights cold open used a barrage of punch lines to effectively point out the absurdity of Justice Samuel Alito's abortion ruling

The Atlantic

"SNL’s cold opens tend to be ambitious sketches aimed at the week’s major headlines," says Amanda Wicks. "More often than not, the show strives to satirize several different marks rather than home in on a single point. But (Saturday) night’s open delivered a focused barrage of punch lines about how men in the Middle Ages understood the world and viewed women, and questioned why that period’s principles should serve as the legal precedent for our contemporary age." Wicks adds: "In the conversation about reproductive rights, conservatives have been dominating, telling 'better' stories, the writer Rebecca Traister recently argued. But last night, SNL dismantled the regressive tale Alito established with his opinion and crafted a sharp-edged rebuttal of its own." ALSO: Benedict Cumberbatch killed it in his second time hosting SNL.