LOS ANGELES - As Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett returned to Capitol Hill for a third day of confirmation hearings by the Senate Judiciary Committee, dozens of elected prosecutors and attorneys general from across the country issued a joint statement saying that they will not criminalize abortion even if Roe v.
Wade were to be overturned.In the letter, the prosecutors wrote that they are committed to protecting the safety and well-being of individuals and are charged with protecting the integrity of the justice system and upholding the Constitution and rule of law.“Our U.S.
Supreme Court, in deciding Roe v. Wade, determined that every woman has a fundamental right to privacy which is ‘broad enough to encompass a woman's decision.