US President Joe Biden in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. [Reuters]U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday appealed to voters to protect abortion rights by backing candidates who support them in November's elections after a leaked Supreme Court draft showed it could soon overturn its 1973 decision legalizing abortion. A draft Supreme Court decision, leaked late on Monday, showed a majority of justices prepared to overturn the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that protects abortion rights. Biden has previously sidestepped calls to expand the Supreme Court to add more left-leaning justices. The Roe decision recognized that the right to personal privacy under the U.S. Constitution protects a woman's ability to terminate her pregnancy. Democrats tend to support abortion rights, and Republicans tend to oppose them.

Source: Daily Nation May 04, 2022 07:05 UTC