After a leak draft opinion showed a majority of supreme court justices could be ready to over turn rove wagt. 26 states are poised to outlaw abortion or weaken excess if rove weigt is overturned, something that would end about half a century of abortion rights in the us. veronika Macina says she's both shocked and not shocked. She saw this coming, right? But she says it's one thing to anticipate it. Actually see it happening takes her breath away.
When the Supreme Court decriminalized abortion with Roe v. Wade, it established the United States as a global leader on abortion rights, decades ahead of many other countries.
Now, with Roe likely to be overturned, we look to Mexico, a country where the playbook for securing legalized abortion could be a model for activists in the United States.
Guest: Natalie Kitroeff, a correspondent covering Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean for The New York Times.
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