POLITICO has obtained a draft Supreme Court opinion overturning Roe v. Wade:

The Supreme Court has voted to strike down the landmark Roe v. Wade decision, according to an initial draft majority opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito circulated inside the court and obtained by POLITICO.

The draft opinion is a full-throated, unflinching repudiation of the 1973 decision which guaranteed federal constitutional protections of abortion rights and a subsequent 1992 decision – Planned Parenthood v. Casey – that largely maintained the right.

Cory Archibald @CMArchibald

WHEN (not if) SCOTUS overturns Roe and Casey, it will be illegal for a nurse to offer emergency contraception to rape victims like me. It will be illegal for rape victims to take it. Illegal to produce and distribute it. This, of course, is the point. To control our bodies. 4/

May 3rd 2022

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Sawyer Hackett @SawyerHackett

The second Roe is struck down, it will be a first degree felony—punishable by life in prison—for a Texas doctor to perform an abortion for a woman who was raped and impregnated by a family member.

May 3rd 2022

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The end of Roe v. Wade come as no surprise to activists who have fought the GOP as it methodically crushes women’s reproductive rights across the country. Meanwhile, the Democratic Party, which controls the White House, Senate, and House, sees a fundraising opportunity.

🌽🌽 Erica, The White Trash Socialist 🌽🌽™️ @herosnvrdie69

I have quite literally already received 8 separate fundraising emails asking me to donate to protect Roe V Wade from democrats who currently control the house, senate and White House. Incredible.

May 3rd 2022

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Zoé @ztsamudzi

We voted for Biden to save the country from the precipice of fascism or whatever and what do we have two years in? No COVID support or relief, repro rights rolled back, queer and trans people under attack, no ambitious climate plan, no debt relief. But vote blue!

May 3rd 2022

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As news of the Supreme Court ruling leaked, Americans were distracted by the Met Gala, a vulgar celebration of extreme wealth.

Julia Hava @binchcity

The Supreme Court overturning Roe V. Wade while the whole country is distracted by an inconsequential event celebrating extreme wealth is, unfortunately, the most symbolic representation of America rn

May 3rd 2022

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norman @emonormie

finding out roe v wade is overturned in between regurgitations of images of celebrities @ the met gala…feels very american!

May 3rd 2022

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Republicans have played the long game on abortion, systematically dismantling women’s rights at the local and national level. The Democratic establishment, on the other hand, has been an abject failure on the issue.

Breya Johnson @TheBlackLayers

You have a Democratic Party that for years and even many now wouldn’t even say abortion is a right. They wouldn’t even move to remove the Hyde Amendment. They wouldn’t codify roe. This is not ONLY on republicans.

May 3rd 2022

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The Local Sun @DanieTHBee

They had the opportunity to codify Roe V Wade into law during Obama’s term and said it wasn’t a priority. One would say that a certain party does their part to maintain the tentative status of ‘human rights’ as a bargaining chip for their campaigns at this point

May 3rd 2022

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Addie 🏳️‍⚧️ (warning:nerd) @StarryNerd99

@peterdaou The dems also promised to codify Roe v. Wade in 2020, 2016, 2008, and I believe even 1992? So either they don't give a fuck about abortion, or they're just really incompetent to the level of stretching the limits of human believability

May 3rd 2022

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It doesn’t help that early in his career, Joe Biden said the Supreme Court went “too far” on abortion rights in Roe. And as recently as 2017, Nancy Pelosi claimed abortion is “kind of fading as an issue” for Democrats. “It really is,” she emphasized.

And of course, Republicans aren’t done. With Democrats focused on protecting the status quo for the billionaire class, fascism’s march continues…

Prashant ❤️ @CoolAssPuppy

They will gut Roe and Casey. They are coming for Loving, Griswold, and Obergefell. You can absolutely count on that. It wouldn’t surprise me if they came for Brown after that. Dark times in America.

May 3rd 2022

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LISTEN - On March 15th, after Missouri Republicans proposed a bill that would make it a crime to terminate an ectopic pregnancy, I had a conversation with friends and fellow activists about the GOP’s assault on women. My wife Leela Daou, who nearly died from an ectopic pregnancy, describes her experience. Click to listen.