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1:25Now Playing'Saturday Night Live' gives life to Roe v. Wade decision in cold open | USA TODAY
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1:25Now Playing"Saturday Night Live" kicked off its Mother's Day episode by tackling the leaked Supreme Court draft opinion leak on Roe v. Wade.
Little surprise that "Saturday Night Live" kicked off its Mother's Day episode by tackling one of the biggest news stories of the year: the leaked Supreme Court draft opinion suggesting justices are poised to strike down 1973's Roe v. Wade, which guarantees the right to abortion.
The sketch opened with a voiceover referring to Justice Samuel Alito citing a medieval jurist in his argument to overturn the decision. Cut to Benedict Cumberbatch, in his second time as host, as a 13th-century townsman with a bowl haircut, holding forth with two other simpletons on abortion to provide "moral clarity."
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