California officials and abortion providers spoke out Monday night against a purported draft U.S. Supreme Court opinion that was leaked to Politico and seemed to signal that the nation’s highest court is poised to overturn Roe v. Wade — a move that would allow states to outlaw abortion.
It is highly unusual for the high court to overturn a landmark decision and equally extraordinary, or perhaps more so, for a draft opinion to leak out in advance of its final release.
In a statement, Gov. Gavin Newsom called the draft opinion “an appalling attack on the rights of women” across the country.
