PHILADELPHIA — If Roe v. Wade ends, people in poverty could find themselves in ever-worsening conditions — unable to stabilize their families, destined to augment the miseries and distress that already engulf them, advocates say.
"Ultimately, people's children will be worse off," said Sue Frietsche, senior staff attorney with the Women's Law Project, with offices in Center City and Pittsburgh. "It's a devastating future we're looking at."
Frietsche's view was shared by experts on both poverty and abortion on Tuesday as they absorbed the implications of a leaked U.S. Supreme Court draft opinion that seems to signal the gutting of the 49-year-old decision that holds that the Constitution protects a person's right to safe and legal abortion.
