Pelosi Says Supreme Court "Slapped Women In The Face" With Draft Opinion In Abortion Case

CBS Los Angeles

May 9, 2022

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Sunday harshly criticized the Supreme Court for a draft opinion indicating a majority of justices may overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that established the right to an abortion, saying it "slapped women in the face" by undermining their ability to make decisions about their families.

"This is about something so serious and so personal and so disrespectful of women," Pelosi said in an interview with "Face the Nation." "Here we are on Mother's Day, a week where the court has slapped women in the face in terms of disrespect for their judgments about the size and timing of their families."

Written by Justice Samuel Alito and circulated among the justices in February, the draft opinion calls Roe v. Wade "egregiously wrong." If finalized, it would overrule that decision and 1992's Planned Parenthood v. Casey, which reaffirmed Roe and said states cannot enact regulations that impose an undue burden on a woman's right to an abortion before fetal viability.

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