Roe v Wade was decided because the Supreme Court decided that under the Fourteenth Amendment right to privacy, abortion rights were protected by the constitution. Because they do.” Protesters link arms as they gather at the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC, on 2 May, 2022.(AFP via Getty/ STEFANI REYNOLDS)īut if Alito’s opinion becomes final, declaring that making a choice about your own body is not protected by the constitution, many more rights and freedoms could be at risk. We must organize, mobilise and vote like our lives depend on it. Our mothers and sisters and friends and neighbours and colleagues. What they can do - and what overturning Roe will do - is cost people their lives and livelihoods. There is nothing five or six justices can do to stop people from needing and seeking abortion care.
“There is nothing the Supreme Court can do to change that.
In response to the leak, Equality California said in a statement: “Abortion is healthcare.
