When I worked as a staff member of the U.S. Senate, the most emotional issue had to do with abortion rights.  Anti-abortion lobbyists were a lot more passionate, sometimes giving out roses for their cause. An unprecedented Supreme Court leak to  Politico , just hours ago confirmed, revealed that Roe v. Wade would be overturned, allowing states to outlaw abortion. How significant is all this?   The  New York Times  indicated that abortion in the U.S. would decline by 14%.   26 states will probably ban abortions. What exactly is  Roe v. Wade ? In 1821 Connecticut passed the first anti-abortion ruling in the U.S. leading to all 37 states banning abortion in 1900. In 1969 two Texas attorneys, Sarah Weddington ( top left ) and Linda Coffee ( bottom ), represented 21-year old Norma McCorvey ( top right)  in seeking abortion of her third child, which was nevertheless born in 1970 and adopted. Soon following, Coffee and Weddington filed a suit in Texas on behalf of McCorvey, under the legal