BAKER CITY HERALD • THURSDAY, MAY 5, 2022 A5
STATE & NATION
Supreme Court draft on Roe v. Wade draws predictable reactions
BY WYATT TEGGINS
East Oregonian
Kathy Aney/East Oregonian, File
More than a dozen anti-abortion and anti-same sex marriage support-
ers gather in 2018 on the steps of St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Pend-
leton on the anniversary of Roe v. Wade. Politico on Monday, May 3,
2022, leaked a draft of the Supreme Court’s majority opinion to over-
turn the landmark 1973 case.
“They can call it whatever
they want, but it’s still taking
another person’s life,’’ said John
Herman, a member of the par-
ish of Our Lady of the Valley
Catholic Church in La Grande,
echoed that sentiment.
Maxwell and his church par-
ish are not alone. Anti-abortion
protests are not uncommon in
Eastern Oregon, and in fact it
was a major concern Planned
Parenthood addressed in a
press conference May 3. Sev-
eral questions revolved around
security measures at the soon
to be Ontario Clinic and how
the organization would address
suspected protesters.
Officials gave assurances
they have been diligently plan-
ning for this for a while, but
refused to make an affirmative
statement to the question.
Oregon’s senior U.S. senator
Ron Wyden blasted the Repub-
lican Party and the draft in a
statement.
“The Republican party has
set the stage for a total erosion
of Americans’ constitutional
rights,” Wyden said. “They
have made clear they won’t
stop at gutting the right for
a woman to make decisions
about her own body. Repub-
licans know that the majority
of Americans don’t support
eroding fundamental rights
like privacy, so instead, they
packed the Supreme Court
with right-wing extremists
willing to do their dirty work
behind closed doors.”
Wyden said if this was a fi-
nal draft, the United States will
be one of a handful of coun-
tries moving backward on
women’s rights and marks a
“devastating loss of constitu-
tionally guaranteed bodily au-
tonomy and privacy for more
than half of America.”
He stated abortion is health
care.
“Ending this protected and
established right — a right
generations of women have
now known and that the over-
whelming majority of Amer-
icans support — would harm
the health, safety and lives of
millions of women and fami-
lies,” Wyden said. “This is go-
ing to be the fight of our lives,
and we must use every tool at
our disposal to stop this attack
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on constitutionally guaranteed
And the “appearances and
rights.”
timing of this draft,” according
According to Politico, Chief to Politico, “are consistent with
Justice John Roberts confirmed court practice.”
the authenticity of the draft
but stressed the document
“does not represent a decision
by the Court or the final posi-
tion of any member on the is-
sues in the case.”
Politico also noted, the draft
opinion includes “a 31-page
appendix of historical state
abortion laws ... is replete with
citations to previous court
decisions, books and other
authorities, and includes 118
footnotes.”
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People rally outside City Hall in Kansas City on Tuesday, May 3, 2022. Protesters gathered to express oppo-
sition to a draft written by the U.S. Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade.
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— The leaked draft of the Su-
preme Court’s majority opin-
ion to overturn the landmark
Roe v. Wade case is bright-lin-
ing the differences on the two
sides of the debate from the
halls of Congress down to the
local level.
The political journalism
company Politico on Monday,
May 2, published the 98-page
first draft on its website. In
the draft, Justice Samuel Alito
stood in opposition to the 1973
ruling, commenting it “im-
posed a highly restrictive re-
gime on states.” Later he stated,
“The Constitution makes no
reference to abortion.”
Oregon Executive Director
of Planned Parenthood Ad-
vocates, An Do, stood in di-
rect opposition to this claim
in a press conference Tuesday,
May 3.
“This is about what we care
about,” she said. “It’s about the
right to privacy, the right to
marry who you want.” Do por-
trayed the dismissal of Roe v.
Wade was opening the flood-
gates to attacking civil rights.
If passed, it will be in the
hands of each individual state
to address what restrictions
they place on abortion. While
Oregon most likely will stay
pro-abortion, Planned Parent-
hood is looking to expand into
Ontario, anticipating a mass
surge of patients across the
Idaho border.
In a press conference, Lisa
Gardener, CEO of Planned
Parenthood in Southwestern
Oregon, made it clear that ex-
pansion into Eastern Oregon
is imminent, but how soon is
unknown.
Idaho Gov. Brad Little has
made several attempts to pass
fetal heartbeat laws that would
make it virtually impossible for
abortions to occur in the state.
Planned Parenthood brought
a lawsuit to the Idaho Supreme
Court, temporarily blocking
the bill before it could take ef-
fect in April.
Little in a letter to the Idaho
Senate acknowledged this
was a likely outcome: “I fear
the novel civil enforcement
mechanism will in short or-
der be proven unconstitutional
and unwise.”
Eastern Oregon will be the
most accessible place for Ida-
hoans to receive care. Planned
Parenthood officials made
it clear that by doing so they
would be taxing an already
taxed system. Providing a
brick-and-mortar location in
Eastern Oregon would take
service providers that Planned
Parenthood doesn’t have.
Eastern Oregon also has the
most dissent to abortion laws
inside of Oregon.
Father Daniel Maxwell
of the Hermiston Catholic
Church expressed nothing but
support to the possible Su-
preme Court ruling.
“We Catholics will be over-
joyed because it will make
abortion unthinkable by many
people,” he said.
Maxwell emphasized that
abortion is prohibited by the
Didache, a text the Catholic
Church holds sacred, and the
church’s stance on abortion
has not changed in hundreds
of years.
“The Catholic Church has
stood in opposition to abor-
tion since the 15th century.”
Maxwell continued. “It’s a
mortal evil, you can’t change
what’s true.”
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