May 4, 2022: Poll: Voters back major SCOTUS reform after Roe bombshell

On her first day back in public since testing positive for the coronavirus last week, VP Kamala Harris spoke to a crowd of abortion rights supporters at the EMILY’s List conference Tuesday evening. Her speech, scheduled long in advance, had to be completely rewritten for obvious reasons.

Harris gave a preview of how the administration hopes to frame the debate moving forward — channeling its supporters’ outrage while pitching the midterm election as a choice between two very different views of abortion rights.

In the wake of the news about the draft opinion overturning Roe, a new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll reveals that a clear majority of voters want the court to support abortion rights.

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