Abortion in US with no Roe v. Wade would get very complicated, attorney Kathryn Kolbert says
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Kathryn Kolbert is best known as one of the lawyers who argued the landmark 1992 abortion case Planned Parenthood vs. Casey.
Attorney Kathryn Kolbert has spent a majority of her career thinking about the after-effects on reproductive rights if the Supreme Court was to overturn Roe v. Wade. She believes prohibiting abortions will force some women to turn to unsafe practices to terminate pregnancies that will put their lives in danger.
“Women are crafty,” said Kolbert. “I'm not advocating that they break the law, but the reality is, as in the days before Roe, the underground market will operate.”
Kolbert is best known as one of the lawyers who argued and helped win the landmark 1992 abortion case Planned Parenthood vs. Casey. Now, a leaked draft opinion for the Supreme Court appears to indicate that the court is poised to fully overturn Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey.
Kolbert told ABC News’ podcast “Start Here” that if the ruling is overturned, so-called “trigger laws” will immediately go into effect to ban or prohibit abortions across half the country.