KUAR | By Michael Tilley/ Talk Business & Politics
Arkansas Republican political leaders praised a likely U.S. Supreme Court decision ending abortion rights while decrying the leak of the court’s draft opinion. The state’s Democratic Party chair said taking away a constitutional right will not long succeed.
Politico reported late Monday the contents of a leaked 98-page draft opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito distributed to the other justices on Feb. 10. Alito wrote that “Roe was egregiously wrong from the start,” a direct rebuttal of the legal precedent set by the court’s 1973 Roe v. Wade decision which granted abortion rights.
Brian Chilson/Arkansas Times
Arkansas state Sen. Jason Rapert speaking to reporters in February 2021 as a near-total abortion ban was advancing through the legislature.