Janice Hopkins Tanne New YorkThe leak of a draft opinion in the US Supreme Court’s coming decision on abortion has led to widespread repercussions, with street protests, concerns about other constitutional rights, and calls for changes to the conservative court. There are also worries about the effect of the court’s decision on the November midterm elections, a Louisiana proposal to make abortion a homicide,1 and plans to outlaw medical abortion. Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, leader of Senate Democrats, called for the Senate to vote on 11 May on a bill to codify abortion rights into federal law. “Every American will see how every senator stands. The Louisiana law would give constitutional rights to a fertilised egg “from the moment of conception” and would likely also limit in vitro fertilisation and emergency …

Source: Washington Post May 09, 2022 16:53 UTC