Federal abortion protections are hanging on by a thinner thread than ever before. Last night, a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion showed that Roe v. Wade is set to be overturned. As the nation reels, California is taking action to protect abortion access with its own amendment.
On Monday, Politico published an initial draft majority opinion written by Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito. In it, Alito writes that Roe was “egregiously wrong” from the start and an “abuse of judicial authority.” He goes on to state that both Roe and a subsequent 1992 decision — Planned Parenthood v. Casey — must be overturned.
