Summary: <p>The news is monumental in every sense: a historic legal development, an unprecedented violation of Court protocol, and a decision that will have stunning consequences for women all across the country. </p> <p>The Politico reporting by <a href="https://www.politico.com/staff/joshgerstein">Josh Gerstein</a> and <a href="https://www.politico.com/staff/alexander-ward">Alexander Ward </a>includes a link to the <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2022/05/02/read-justice-alito-initial-abortion-opinion-overturn-roe-v-wade-pdf-00029504">draft opinion</a> authored by Justice Samuel Alito back in February. It’s a draft opinion that decisively reverses <em>Roe v. Wade </em>and the legal precedent it set nearly 50 years ago. </p> <p>We spoke with <a href="https://twitter.com/ProfMMurray?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor">Prof. Melissa Murray</a> of NYU School of Law and cohost of the legal podcast <em><a href="https://twitter.com/StrictScrutiny_">Strict Scrutiny</a> </em>and OB/GYN, abortion provider, and founder of Pegasus Health Justice <a href="https://twitter.com/dr_moayedi?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor">Dr. G</a><a href="https://twitter.com/dr_moayedi?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor">hazaleh Moayedi</a> about their reaction to these recent developments and what this leaked opinion indicates for the future of reproductive rights. </p>
