Leaked opinion spurs local demonstration
Photos provided to the Times Observer About 20 people participated in a rally held Tuesday night in support of abortion rights in the wake of a leaked Supreme Court decision that would overturn Roe v. Wade.
The national reckoning with the leaked Supreme Court opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade manifested Tuesday night in Warren as a pro-choice rally was held at the Warren County Courthouse.
Similar demonstrations continue to play out on the steps of the Supreme Court building in Washington D.C., according to an Associated Press report in the wake of the leak, which suggested a majority of justices are “prepared to overturn the 1973 opinion that essentially ended the crime of abortion and ensured Americans could legally access the medical procedure.”
About 20 participated in the rally on Tuesday at the courthouse.
Jane Dunshie said the event was “in part” held by the group, Indivisible.
She said it was “spurred on by a call for people nationwide to gather in their communities which was in response to the leaked Supreme Court opinion.”
The court’s decision is expected in late June.
“We cannot allow our decisions to be affected by any extraneous influences such as concern about the public’s reaction to our work,” Alito, per the AP, wrote in the February draft document that was circulated to fellow justices.
“However, the high court is entering a politically explosive new era, drafting one of the most consequential opinions on women’s health and religious freedoms in 50 years, all while a watchful public primed by the nation’s culture wars, looks over its shoulder and tries furiously to influence the final outcome.”
According to the AP, polling shows that most Americans support some access to abortion services.
“The leaked draft gave Americans a rare, up-close sneak preview of the typically private, hidden deliberations of the high court,” they report, “and the disclosure is propelling a public outpouring of opinion and protest reflective of the nation’s long debate over abortion policy — all in the run-up to the fall’s contested congressional elections.”



