It's the NPR Politics podcast I'm Scott Detrov.

What you're hearing is a protest that took place outside the Supreme Court in Washington,

DC this morning.

Both abortion rights supporters and opponents were there, as were our colleagues Daniel

Kurtz-Labin and Barbara Spront who gathered the sound.

The protesters are there of course because it looks like the Supreme Court is on the verge

of completely overturning Roe v. Wade, the landmark ruling

that established a constitutional right to an abortion nearly 50 years ago.

We know this because a draft of the opinion was leaked to Politico.

It's an extraordinary leak.

Chief Justice John Roberts confirmed today that it was real but stressed the draft is

not final.

Robin Galbraith is a mother of two from Maryland.

She was protesting outside the court this morning and supports abortion rights.

I've been fighting this since I was in 20, you know, it's been decades now.

I volunteered for Planned Parenthood.

I've been a teacher for decades.

I know how much care children need and that is my main focus in life.

Abortion is an important part of making sure that we are able to care for children properly.

Others were there to cheer the draft opinion and what would likely come next, the severe

restriction or in many cases, likely an elimination of abortion rights.

Any conic from Oklahoma was one of those people she talked about how she felt when the

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