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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Via AP news wire

Same-sex marriage advocates push for post-Roe protections

Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved

As the nation awaits a decision from the U.S. Supreme Court regarding a Mississippi law that calls for banning aboriton after 15 weeks of pregnancy, LGBTQ advocates are pushing to codify protections for same-sex marriage in states throughout the country.

Since the leak of a draft opinion alluded to the court potentially overturning abortion rights, concerns have grown over whether justices could next move to reverse other decisions that rely on the “right to privacy” that the court outlined in the Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion nationwide nearly 50 years ago.

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