WASHINGTON — Days before the first votes are cast in the Illinois primary, a coalition of abortion rights groups are organizing major rallies and marches on May 14 in Chicago, New York, Los Angeles and D.C. to protest the Supreme Court’s likely overturning of the 1973 decision giving women the constitutional right to abortion.
The leak in Politico on Monday night of a draft of the pending Supreme Court decision gives Democrats an organizing tool to galvanize the party’s base vote — and adds a new urgency for Illinois Democrats to focus on contests on the Illinois Supreme Court, where they hold a fragile 4-3 majority and at least one Republican is highlighting his anti-abortion backing.
