By Gabriella Borter and James Oliphant WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democrats have needed something to turn around their flagging midterm election fortunes, and the U.S. Supreme Court may have just given it to them. A leaked draft showing the court’s conservative majority apparently poised to overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision has set off a political firestorm over abortion rights just as the 2022 election season heats up. U.S. abortion rights have been under direct threat for years, if not decades. But if the high court follows through and does away with constitutional protection for t…