John Oliver slams US Supreme Court over leaked Roe v. Wade opinion

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Last Week Tonight show.Last week, the draft decision was made public – though draft opinions can be subject to multiple drafts and vote-trading, so the court’s decision is not final.

However, if the overturning goes through, it would make the legality of abortion in the US the decision of each individual state, and not federal law.During last night’s (May 8) edition of his show, Oliver noted data that showed 25 per cent of women have had an abortion, six in 10 of who are already mothers.The presenter said: “Some who get abortions are survivors of rape or incest, others might need one for medical reasons, but also just to be clear, some will be seeking an abortion because they fucking want one, and this is very much about them, too.

This is a fight for people’s right to have control over their bodies. It’s about bodily autonomy.”He then showed a clip of a woman in Texas who was told at six weeks and a day into a pregnancy that she couldn’t get an abortion in the state, the woman revealing that birth control had failed and she was not ready to have another child as she was already raising two on her own.“Six weeks and a day, and she can’t get an abortion,” Oliver continued.