Embattled Dems Hope to Use SCOTUS Roe Decision to Galvanize Base in Midterms

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) holds a press conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 5, 2021. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

After an unidentified source leaked a draft decision of a Supreme Court (SCOTUS) case that would overturn Roe v. Wade, several Democrats are hoping to use the issue to galvanize their base in the 2022 midterms.

The draft decision was first reported on May 2 by Politico, and showed that SCOTUS had decided to overrule the standards laid out in Roe v. Wade and Casey v. Planned Parenthood that required all 50 states to allow abortion during the first trimester.