Commentary
The U.S. Supreme Court’s likely overturning of the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision has put abortion on the front pages again. The final wording won’t come out until June. But it will likely only return the matter to where it was in 1972—at the discretion of state legislatures.
In California, the law of the land currently is Senate Bill 1301, the Reproductive Privacy Act. It effectively codifies Roe in state law. It was passed in anticipation of Roe possibly being overturned by justices appointed by President George W. Bush. Which seems to be the case 20 years later, as the author of the decision overturning Roe—assuming matters hold as they seem to be now—is Justice Samuel Alito, appointed by that president in 2006….