Despite WA codifying abortion access, federal prohibition ‘threat’ emerges, Gov. Inslee says

With the U.S. Supreme Court poised to overturn Roe v. Wade, Gov. Jay Inslee is concerned that an emerging tide of GOP strategy to outlaw abortion at the federal level will spill over Washington state’s borders.

Monday, a leaked draft Supreme Court majority opinion offered that “Roe and Casey must be overruled,” Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr wrote, referring to a subsequent Court decision that upheld Roe. “It is time to heed the Constitution and return the issue of abortion to the people’s elected representatives.” An official ruling on Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization is expected in late June or July.

Hours later, the governor took to the KIRO

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