>> FROM THE LOCAL STATION NEWSFOURJAX. RIGHT NOW. LET’S TAKE A LIVE LOOK OUTSIDE THE
U.S. SUPREME COURT FOR
DEMONSTRATIONS WERE HELD ALL
COMES LESS THAN 24 HOURS AFTER
A RAFT OF LEAKS PROPOSING TO
OVERTURN THE LANDMARK ROE V
WADE RULING THAT LEGALIZED.
>> WORSHIP. WE’VE BEEN
FOLLOWING THIS STORY SINCE
THIS. 98 PAGE DRAFT OPINION
WAS LEAKED LATE LAST NIGHT.
>> WITH THAT LATE COMES,
OUTPOURING OF MIXED EMOTIONS.
AND THE BIG QUESTION, WHAT’S
NEXT? SINCE WE SENT YOU THIS
PUSH ALERT JUST BEFORE NOON
TODAY WHEN CHIEF JUSTICE
ROBERTS CONFIRMED THE
AUTHENTICITY OF THE LEAKED
OPINION. HERE IS WHAT WE HAVE
LEARNED. CHIEF JUSTICE JOHN
ROBERTS ORDERED AN
INVESTIGATION INTO WHO LEAKED
THE DOCUMENT TO THE NEWS
ORGANIZATION. POLITICO THAT
DRAFT WAS WRITTEN BY JUSTICE
SAMUEL ALITO. IT WOULD STRIKE
DOWN ROE VERSUS WADE ON
GROUNDS. THE RIGHT TO AN
ABORTION IS NOT A FEDERAL
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT. THE
FINAL ROLLING AND OPINION IS
NOT EXPECTED TO BE RELEASED
UNTIL LATE JUNE. THE VOTE BY
THE JUSTICES ON THIS ISSUE
COULD CHANGE BEFORE THE
OPINION IS FINALIZED. CHIEF
JUSTICE ROBERTS REVEALED THIS
AFTERNOON. THIS DOCUMENT DOES
NOT REPRESENT A DECISION ON
THE CASE.
>> AND DESPITE THE DOCUMENT
NOT BEING A FINAL DECISION
SINCE THAT LEAK OF THE DRAFT
OPINION, BOTH SUPPORTERS AND
OPPONENTS OF ABORTION HAS BEEN
RALLYING OUTSIDE THE SUPREME
COURT BUILDING. AND THIS IS A
LIVE LOOK AT THE SCENE THERE.
NOW. YOU CAN SEE LARGE GROUPS
OF PEOPLE FOR AND AGAINST
OVERTURNING ROE AND YOU CAN
HEAR THEM POLITICAL LEADERS,
INCLUDING PRESIDENT BIDEN, ARE
SPEAKING OUT OUR COVERAGE
BEGINS TONIGHT WITH NEWS 4 JAX
REPORTER BRIE ISOM.
>> SPOKE WITH A JACKSONVILLE
WOMAN WHO HAD AN ILLEGAL
ABORTION BEFORE ROE VERSUS
WADE AND SHE EXPRESSED FEAR
BREE THOSE DAYS BEFORE 1973
WILL RETURN.
>> SHE DID. AND SHE WAS
EXTREMELY BRAVE TO SHARE HER
STORY. NOW. SHE DIDN’T WANT TO
SHARE HER NAME OR PUT HER FACE
ON CAMERA, BUT DON’T WORRY.
THE STORY IS STILL JUST AS
IMPACTFUL. SHE’S WORRIED AS TO
WHAT COULD COME FROM THIS.
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>> THE YEAR WAS 1962. IN NEW
YORK CITY, 11 YEARS BEFORE THE
SUPREME COURT PASSED ROE
VERSUS WADE, AN ABORTION WAS
ILLEGAL, BUT WOMEN WERE STILL
HAVING THEM IN UNSAFE WAYS. I
WAS.
>> 17 AND A HALF. AND I WAS
RAPED.
>> AND THEN WOUND UP PREGNANT.
THIS JACKSONVILLE WOMAN SAYS
SHE REMEMBERS A TIME WHEN
WOMEN DIDN’T HAVE A CHOICE.
WHY DID YOU DECIDE THAT YOU
WANTED TO GET THAT A LEGAL
ABORTION WHEN I WAS RAPED? I
WAS A VIRGIN AND I WAS A NICE
GIRL. A GOOD GIRL. AND BACK
THEN.
>> IF A GIRL GOT PREGNANT,
EVEN IF IT WAS A FELON SHOULD
DATED FOR YEARS, HE WAS
CONSIDERED.
>> NO GOOD. THIS WOMAN SAYS
HER FAMILY SUPPORTED HER AND
HELPED HER FIND A SURGEON WHO
PERFORMED THE ABORTION
SECRETLY ON A KITCHEN TABLE.
SHE SAYS AT THE TIME SHE HAD
JUST TURNED 18 AND WAS 10 TO
12 WEEKS INTO HER PREGNANCY.
MAYBE I WOULDN’T MAKE IT.
MAYBE I WOULD BE BLEEDING OUT.
>> THEY HAD NO ASSURANCES OF
ANYTHING THAT WAS GOING
THROUGH YOUR HEAD. WERE YOU
HESITANT OR WHAT DID YOU I WAS
NOT HESITANT BECAUSE I WAS A
GOOD GIRL. I WAS A LADY. I
NEEDED TO GO THROUGH THE REST
OF MY LIFE FEELING THAT I WAS
PETER IN CLEAN. BELIEVE ME. IT
WASN’T FUN. I CAN REMEMBER
WAYNE ON THAT TABLE AND I’M
ONLY BECAUSE IT WAS SO
PAINFUL.
>> A LOT COMING BACK RIGHT NOW
TALKING ABOUT THIS WOMAN IS
NOW 77 YEARS OLD AND SHE SAYS
SHE’S FEARFUL FOR WHAT COULD
HAPPEN IF A WOMAN’S RIGHT TO
HAVE AN ABORTION IS
OVERTURNED. YOU CAN’T DO THIS,
TOO, WHEN YOU CAN. I MEAN,
YOU’RE GOING BACK IN TIME. SHE
SAYS THE MEMORIES OF THE STAY
STILL HAUNT HER. EVERY SINGLE
HALLOWEEN AT
>> I CAN HEAR KIDS AT THE DOOR
LOOKING FOR LITTLE ONES. AND
THAT’S WHAT I HEARD LAYING ON
BUT SHE DOESN’T REGRET HER
DECISION TAKE THIS INTO
CONSIDERATION. DON’T.
>> TAKE AWAY. THE ONLY THING
THAT CAN HELP WOMEN TODAY IF
THEY NEED HELP.
>> I LOVE
>> THIS WOMAN SAYS THAT SHE’S
FRUSTRATED THAT WE’RE HAVING
THIS DISCUSSION IN 2022. AND
NOW I DID REACH OUT TO
CITIZENS FOR LIFE HERE IN
JACKSONVILLE, A PRO-LIFE
ORGANIZATION. AND I ASKED THEM
WHAT THEY WOULD THINK. IF ROE
V WADE GOT OVERTURNED, THEY
SAID NO COMMENT REPORTING LIVE