{"id":21141,"date":"2022-05-03T04:49:35","date_gmt":"2022-05-03T04:49:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/?p=21141"},"modified":"2022-05-03T04:49:35","modified_gmt":"2022-05-03T04:49:35","slug":"roe-v-wade-us-supreme-court-leak-suggests-abortion-law-repeal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/2022\/05\/03\/roe-v-wade-us-supreme-court-leak-suggests-abortion-law-repeal\/","title":{"rendered":"Roe v Wade: US Supreme Court leak suggests abortion law repeal"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The US Supreme Court could be about to overturn the nationwide legal right to abortion, according to a leaked draft opinion that has stunned the country.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Politico reports that Justice Samuel Alito writes in the document that the landmark 1973 Roe v Wade decision is “egregiously wrong”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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If verified, the leaking of the document would be unprecedented in the court’s modern history.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The justices are expected to issue their ruling on the case by early July.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Neither the Supreme Court nor the White House wished to comment on the leak on Monday night.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“Roe was egregiously wrong from the start,” the draft opinion reportedly states.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The opinion adds: “It is time to heed the Constitution and return the issue of abortion to the people’s elected representatives.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Justice Alito also reportedly writes that Roe v Wade’s reasoning was “exceptionally weak” and has had “damaging consequences”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“The inescapable conclusion is that a right to abortion is not deeply rooted in the Nation’s history and traditions,” the conservative’s opinion reportedly says.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer – both Democrats – issued a joint statement reacting to the leak.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“If the report is accurate, the Supreme Court is poised to inflict the greatest restriction of rights in the past 50 years”, the statement read.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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It adds that the decision by “Republican-appointed Justices” would go down as an “abomination, one of the worst and most damaging decisions in modern history”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Protesters gathered outside the Supreme Court in Washington following the leak of the document<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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Protesters gathered outside the US Supreme Court on Monday to express their anger at the leaked document.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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They held placards reading “bans off my body”, “women’s rights are human rights” and “my body, my choice”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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According to Politico, the leaked document is marked as a “1st Draft” and it was circulated in February. The votes of justices have been known to switch during the drafting process.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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This is not the first time the Supreme Court has ruled on the case. In 1992, Justice Anthony Kennedy had a last-minute change of heart, refusing to provide the key fifth vote and join the majority to overturn Roe v Wade.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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