Los Angeles Officials Urge State Leaders to Protect Abortion Access, ‘Right to Privacy’

Activists gather outside the U.S. Courthouse to demonstrate in support of abortion, in downtown Los Angeles on May 3, 2022. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images

LOS ANGELES—The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors this week moved to urge state leaders to “enshrine the fundamental rights of privacy essential to personal liberty” in the state Constitution in terms of access to abortion and contraceptives.

After a leaked draft of a U.S. Supreme Court opinion earlier this month that could potentially overturn the landmark 1973 decision in Roe v. Wade, county officials are sounding the alarm with the governor and lawmakers.