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New round of state abortion battles winding up after draft

FILE - Demonstrators protest the news that the U.S. Supreme Court could be poised to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade case that legalized abortion nationwide, Tuesday, May 3, 2022, at the Statehouse in Providence, R.I. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File) FILE - Protesters gather at the steps of the Michigan State Capitol building in Lansing, Mich., Tuesday, May 3, 2022, during a rally organized by Planned Parenthood Michigan in response to the news that the U.S. Supreme Court could be poised to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade case that legalized abortion nationwide. (Daniel Shular/The Grand Rapids Press via AP, File) FILE - North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper speaks at an event at Durham Technical Community college, where Vice President Kamala Harris also spoke about creating jobs for Americans in Durham, N.C., March 2, 2022. “Republicans in our state are on the verge of gaining veto-proof supermajorities in Raleigh. If they succeed, you can add North Carolina to the list of states that will ban abortions," Cooper said in a fundraising email this week. (AP Photo/Ben McKeown, File) FILE - Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin works in the old Governor's office at the Capitol Wednesday March 2, 2022, in Richmond, Va. Youngkin describes himself as “pro-life," though he has said he supports exceptions in cases of rape, incest or to save a mother’s life. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File) FILE - Demonstrators march down the streets after protesting outside of the U.S. Courthouse in response to a leaked draft of the Supreme Court's opinion to overturn Roe v. Wade, in Los Angeles, March 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu, File) FILE - State Sen. Nancy Skinner, D-Berkeley, joined others at a news conference to discuss efforts to strengthen women's reproductive rights at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Jan. 20, 2022. “Unless we are explicit about what we are protecting … someday some court could interpret privacy as not including my right to an abortion. And that’s what we’re trying to protect against.” (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File) FILE - Abortion-rights activists and supporters protest outside Philadelphia's federal courthouse on May 3, 2022, in response to the leak of a draft opinion on a potential Supreme Court vote to overturn Roe v. Wade. (Heather Khalifa/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP, File) FILE - Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro, candidate for governor, speaks with members of the media in Philadelphia, April 5, 2022. “There is one way and one way only for us to ensure that women have the legal right to continue to make decisions over their own bodies in Pennsylvania and that is winning this governor’s race," Shapiro said. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File) FILE - Demonstrators are reflected in a pond as they protest outside of the U.S. Courthouse in response to a leaked draft of the Supreme Court's opinion to overturn Roe v. Wade, in Los Angeles, March 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu, File)
New round of state abortion battles winding up after draft