‘This is our wake-up name:’ SC lawmakers, Planned Parenthood, react to Supreme Court leak

A “full-throated, unflinching repudiation,” of Roe v. Wade detailed in a leaked memo from the U.S. Supreme Court has South Carolina leaders and ladies’s well being clinics reeling. 

The memo, reportedly leaked to nationwide political journal POLITICO and confirmed as legitimate by Justice Roberts,, says that justices have already voted to overturn the 1973 choice which assured federal protections of abortion rights and a subsequent 1992 choice — Planned Parenthood v. Casey — which maintained the choice. The 2022 Supreme Court choice would return the management of reproductive rights to state leaders.

Justice Samuel Alito writes within the leaked memo, labeled because the Opinion of the Court: “Roe was egregiously wrong from the start. We hold that Roe and Casey must be overruled,” 

“​​This is our wake-up call,” stated S.C. Rep. Spencer Whetmore, D-Charleston. “Register to vote. Tell your friends. Support candidates that support women. State and local elections matter now more than ever.”

More than simply abortion

But with reproductive rights being a very contentious matter within the final decade, particularly in southern and midwestern states, the choice may result in political turmoil, and unintended penalties some say. 

“It would deal a devastating blow to reproductive rights and Americans’ fundamental freedom to make their own decisions about their health care and families,” stated Democratic National Committee Chairman Jaime Harrison. “For decades, the Supreme Court has upheld precedent and protected access to safe, legal abortions, as well as the privacy of a decision made between women and their doctor.”