“Recent events have shown us that we must take every measure imaginable to ensure the right to abortion remains possible in California,” said Jodi Hicks, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California. California's Democratic leaders and abortion rights activists were alarmed last month by the leak of a draft court opinion that declared abortion has no “sound basis in precedent.” That opinion could change when the court issues a final ruling later this month.
Supreme Court is considering a case from Mississippi over that state’s ban on most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy. “I think it just shows how this is a fixation for the Democrats in Sacramento that crowds out a lot of focus on other issues that are really concerning,” he said. Click here to sign up for our free, seven-day newsletter course on legal cannabis in Connecticut.