The 19th reached out to dozens of parents across the country who worry about a looming end to abortion protections and how it could affect their reproductive choices and their children’s futures.
Some legal experts say the draft opinion leaves critical civil rights law vulnerable, including precedent that granted Americans the right to same-sex relationships and marriage equality.
‘Now is the time to get to work and create a world that supports and protects not just the unborn person in the womb, but the equally as human and valuable people carrying them,’ one anti-abortion advocate wrote.
Democrats in competitive races quickly argued that they need more Senate seats to protect abortion access, while the Republican response was more muted — and sometimes didn’t reflect the reality of proposed legislation.
Abortions remain legal in every state. But the leak is pushing providers to begin envisioning a country without federal abortion rights.
Some of the elements Alito describes in the opinion are still a work in progress. In other cases, they are leaving out some of the most vulnerable Americans, experts say.
Some anti-abortion activists celebrated plans to “dance on the grave” of Roe v. Wade, while abortion rights advocates feared for the future.
The vice president, along with other speakers at an event for the abortion-rights group Emily’s List, focused on the midterm elections a day after a report indicated the Supreme Court was poised to overturn Roe v. Wade.
Several Democratic-led statehouses have taken steps in recent months to codify abortion protections, but few have done anything to increase access in anticipation of out-of-state patients.
Abortion clinics have already been working to try to publicize information about what is currently legal — as well as about the impending Dobbs decision.