SNL takes aim at Supreme Court's plans to overturn Roe vs Wade

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52% :Scroll down for videoSNL also poked fun at the leak of a draft Supreme Court decision indicating the justices are poised to overturn the constitutional right to abortion in the show's cold openCumberbatch and his fellow SNL cast members star in a sketch set in 13th century England, riffing on Justice Samuel Alito's draft decision that cites a treatise from that eraBenedict Cumberbatch plays a character obsessed with the idea of outlawing abortionCast members James Austin Johnson and Aristotle Athari question Cumberbatch'Like the law we have against pointy shoes?' retorted cast member James Austin Johnson.'Or the law that if you hunt dear in the forest they remove your genitals?' added fellow cast member Aristotle Athari
46% : Weekend Update then riffed on the news as well later in the show: 'Tomorrow is Mother's Day, whether you wanted to be one or not,' joked Colin JostSNL took aim at the leaked draft of the Supreme Court decision to overturn the constitutional right to abortion in the show's cold open.
44% : If and when the draft is made final, the decision removes the federal right to abortion in America, leaving it up to elected officials in each state to decide whether or not women should have access to abortions.
42% : Three men, including one played by Cumberbatch, become obsessed with outlawing abortion.
40% : The sketch goes on mocking the idea of such old laws being seen as relevant in the 21st centuryCecily Strong then enters the scene as a woman (or, as she points out, a child of the age of 12) trying to reason with the men and keep abortion legal
39% : Cecily Strong then enters the scene as a woman (or, as she points out, a child of the age of 12) trying to reason with the men and keep abortion legal.'Shouldn't women have the right to choose since having a baby means a 50 percent chance of dying.'
35% :Twenty-six states are likely to ban it if Roe v. Wade is formally overturned, essentially outlawing abortion in more than half of the country.

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