PITTSBURGH — As if it wasn’t important enough already, the 2022 midterm election cycle in Pennsylvania — a state whose Democratic governor has vowed for years to veto any bills limiting abortion access — took on new meaning overnight, candidates on both sides of the aisle said late Monday and early Tuesday.
Contenders for Pennsylvania governor and for U.S. Senate, both Republican and Democratic, signaled the stakes are higher than ever in the wake of a Politico report Monday night that revealed the Supreme Court, at least in an initial draft majority opinion, has voted to strike down Roe v. Wade and its guarantee of federal constitutional protections of abortion rights.
Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts on Tuesday confirmed the authenticity of the leaked draft and said he had ordered an investigation into what he called and “egregious breach of trust,” according to the Associated Press.
