LOS ANGELES—The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors this week moved to urge state leaders to “enshrine the fundamental rights of privacy essential to personal liberty” in the state Constitution in terms of access to abortion and contraceptives.
After a leaked draft of a U.S. Supreme Court opinion earlier this month that could potentially overturn the landmark 1973 decision in Roe v. Wade, county officials are sounding the alarm with the governor and lawmakers.
If Roe v. Wade is overturned, it would return lawmaking decisions on abortion access to each individual state.
The board directed the county CEO to send a five-signature letter to Gov. Gavin Newsom and state legislators urging them to add “the right to access contraceptives, the right to access abortion, and the right to same-sex marriage” to the California Constitution….