Leaked draft suggests justices have voted to overturn 1973 ruling
Pro-abortion rights protesters react outside the US Supreme Court after the leak of a draft majority opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito preparing for a majority of the court to overturn the landmark Roe vs Wade abortion rights decision later this year, in Washington, the US, on May 2 2022. Picture: REUTERS/JONATHAN ERNST
Within hours of the news, anti-abortion activists chanting “hey, hey, ho, ho, Roe vs Wade has got to go” and abortion rights supporters shouting “abortion is healthcare” were facing off outside the court.A 2021 poll by the Pew Research Centre found that 59% of US adults believed it should be legal in all or most cases, while 39% thought it should be illegal in most or all cases.
The unprecedented leak sent shock waves through the US not least because the court prides itself on keeping its internal deliberations secret and leaks are extremely uncommon. The news stunned abortion providers. “The Republican-appointed justices’ reported votes to overturn Roe vs Wade would go down as an abomination, one of the worst and most damaging decisions in modern history,” said US House of Representatives speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer, both Democrats.
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