President Joe Biden on Tuesday blasted a “radical” Supreme Court draft opinion that would throw out the landmark Roe v. Wade abortion rights ruling that has stood for a half century and warned that other rights including same-sex marriage and birth control are at risk if the court follows through.
Across the nation, Americans grappled with what might come next as the Democratic-controlled Congress and White House both vowed to try to blunt the impact of such a ruling. But their prospects looked dim.