It was a typical Friday in the summer of 2022. I was driving my daughters to camp, sipping my coffee and listening as they belted lines to yet another Taylor Swift song in the backseat. It was about 9 a.m., which also meant it was about time for the Supreme Court of the United States to release its weekly opinions.

I had been anxious for weeks. The unprecedented leak in May of a draft decision to overturn Roe v. Wade had given us a glimpse of what was to come. But I, like many Americans, continued to hold onto the false hope that the actual decision would be different. Waiting for these decisions to be announced became an odd ritual in my week. For over a month, we had heard nothing.

But that Friday — June 24, 2022 — would be different.