Biden ‘not prepared’ to leave right to privacy determination to ‘whims’ of ‘local areas’

President Biden on Tuesday said should the Supreme Court’s draft opinion to overturn Roe v. Wade hold, it would be “really quite a radical decision,” warning that “if sustained, a whole range of rights are in question.”

The draft opinion was written by Justice Samuel Alito and was obtained and made public by Politico in an unprecedented and stunning leak from the high court. 

The draft opinion would abolish the foundation of Roe, which argues that abortion must be legal in all states because of a right to privacy that can be found in the Constitution. Many conservative jurists say such a general right does not exist.