‘We are going to fight like hell’: Washington Democratic leaders rage at draft abortion opinion
[Jennifer] Martinez spoke at a quickly organized Tuesday rally with many of Washington’s top elected leaders who raged against the leaked draft of a Supreme Court decision, promised that abortion would remain legal in Washington and pledged that women from more conservative states could travel here for abortions. Washington’s Democratic leaders pleaded with voters for support and promised to fight, even as there is no immediate avenue to counteract a ruling that, if finalized, would spell the end of Roe v. Wade. Others, like Martinez, spoke about the abortions they’d had. Continue reading at The Seattle Times. (Erika Schultz)
State reaches $518M settlement with opioid distributors
Months into a complex trial over their role in flooding Washington with highly addictive painkillers, the nation’s three largest opioid distributors agreed Tuesday to pay the state $518 million, with the vast majority being directed toward easing the addiction epidemic. State Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced the deal, noting that it’s worth tens of millions of dollars more than Washington would have received from the companies had it been signed on with a national settlement reached last summer involving the distributors and Johnson & Johnson. Continue reading at The Associated Press. (Ted S. Warren)
Washington state abortion providers brace themselves for influx of patients
If the landmark Roe vs. Wade decision is overturned, it will bring a seismic shift in who will have access to abortion services in America. If federal protection of abortion rights were to end, there are 26 states that are either certain or likely to ban abortion. According to the Guttmacher Institute, Washington and several other West Coast states have laws already on the books protecting abortion rights. Washington state providers could see an influx of patients coming from out-of-state if the Supreme Court ends the right to an abortion. Continue reading at KOMO News.
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