The unprecedented leak stunned Washington. It has the potential to reshape the political landscape ahead of the US midterm elections in November.
Here are some reactions to this report:
AMERICAN INDEPENDENT SNATOR BERNIE SANDERS:
“Congress needs to pass a law that codifies Roe v. Wade as the law of the land in this country NOW. And if there aren’t 60 votes in the Senate to do that, and there aren’t, we We have to end the filibuster to get it through with 50 votes.”
HILLARY CLINTON, FORMER US SECRETARY OF STATE:
“This decision is a direct attack on the dignity, rights and lives of women, not to mention decades of established law. It will kill and subjugate women even when a vast majority of Americans believe abortion should be legal. It’s a real shame.” DMOCRATE SNATOR ELIZABETH WARREN:
“An extremist Supreme Court is about to overturn #RoeVWade and impose its far-right and unpopular views across the country. It’s time for the millions of people who support the Constitution and abortion rights to stand up. rise up and make their voices heard. We will not go back – ever.”
TEXAS REPUBLIC ATTORNEY GENERAL KEN PAXTON:
“I hope SCOTUS will put the issue of abortion back where it belongs: on the states. 15 weeks. I will fight for TX to protect unborn children and pray for an end to abortion throughout our nation.”
REPUBLICAN SNATOR TOM COTTON:
“The Supreme Court & DOJ must get to the bottom of this leak immediately using all necessary investigative tools. States to protect unborn life again.
REPUBLICAN SNATOR JOSH HAWLEY:
“The left continues its assault on the Supreme Court with an unprecedented breach of confidentiality, clearly intended to intimidate. Judges must not give in to this attempt to corrupt the process. Stay strong.”
“I will say, if that’s the Court’s opinion, it’s a hell of an opinion. Voluminous in its research, very well argued, and morally powerful.”
DMOCRAT SNATTRIX AMY KLOBUCHAR:
“If nothing can be done in Washington because of Republican stonewalling, then the American people and women are going to have to vote and people who believe in choice are going to have to vote like they’ve never voted before, because that’s the only way to change things.”
KATHY HOCHUL, DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK:
“This is an absolutely outrageous attack on our fundamental right to choose, and we will fight it with everything we have. Let me be clear and clear: New York will always guarantee your right to abortion. You have our word.”
REPUBLICAN SNATOR RICK SCOTT:
“The Supreme Court’s confidential deliberative process is sacred & free from political interference. This breach shows that radical Democrats are working even harder to intimidate & undermine the Court. This has always been their plan. Judges cannot be influenced by this attack”.
TIM RYAN, DEMOCRATIC REPRESENTATIVE AND SNAT CANDIDATE
“To overthrow Roe would be an absolute mistake. Not to mention it would be catastrophic for Ohio, where Republicans have introduced one extreme proposal after another to ban abortion before most women even know they are pregnant. We must fight back. The most fundamental rights of Ohioans are at stake.”
DEMOCRATIC REPRESENTATIVE ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ:
“As we warned, SCOTUS aren’t just coming for abortion – they’re coming for the privacy rights that Roe rests on, which includes gay marriage + civil rights. Manchin is blocking Congress from codifying Roe. The House apparently forgot Clarence Thomas. Those 2 points need to change.”
ALEXIS MCGILL JOHNSON, PRESIDENT OF THE PLANNED PARENTHOOD ABORTION LAW ADVOCACY GROUP:
“This leaked opinion is horrifying and unprecedented, and it confirms our worst fears…. Although we have seen the writing on the wall for decades, it is no less devastating, and it just happens. as abortion rights groups unveil their ultimate plan to ban abortion nationwide… (W)e will continue to fight like hell to protect the right to access safe and legal abortion .”
NATIONAL CENTER FOR WOMEN’S RIGHTS:
“The language of the draft opinion that leaked from the Supreme Court is outrageous, irresponsible and shocking. Any judge who signs this opinion is fueling the harm and violence that will befall people who become pregnant in this country.”
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTY UNION:
“If the Supreme Court does put a majority opinion along the lines of the leaked draft authored by Justice Alito, shifting the tectonic plates of abortion rights will be as important than any opinion given by the Court.”