WASHINGTON — A draft Supreme Court opinion overturning Roe v. Wade sent shock waves through the judicial and political systems Tuesday as Americans prepared for the likely end of nearly five decades of federal legal protection for women seeking abortions.
President Joe Biden said ending the right to abortion access, if and when the court issues an official ruling in the next two months, would mark a “fundamental shift,” calling it a potentially “radical decision” that could undermine other civil rights.
Republicans celebrated what Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, called “the right outcome” while decrying the unprecedented leak as an attack on the conservative court.
