Roe v Wade

In an unprecedented revelation, a document written by Justice Samuel Alito says 'Roe was egregiously wrong from the start'

“I am horrified by the apparent draft supreme court opinion leaked this evening … this should not be the supreme court’s final opinion when it comes to abortion rights,” said New York governor Kathy Hochul in a statement. Naral Pro-Choice America’s president Mini Timmaraju called it “the most ominous and alarming sign yet that our nation’s highest court is poised to overturn Roe v Wade”. Republican senator Tom Cotton condemned the apparent leak but applauded the vote, saying: “The Supreme Court & the DOJ must get to the bottom of this leak immediately using every investigative tool necessary. Alito said the court can’t predict how the public might react and shouldn’t try. After the Politico story broke, footage posted to social media showed a crowd of protesters gathering outside the supreme court late on Monday night, waving signs and chanting “my body, my choice.” Neal Katyal, a former US acting solicitor general who has argued many cases before the supreme court, tweeted: “I’ve quickly scanned the draft opinion and it appears legitimate. But if, as expected, it is adopted, the decision would rule in favour of Mississippi in a highly consequential case about that state’s attempt to ban most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy. The draft opinion runs 98 pages, including a 31-page appendix of historical state abortion laws, and includes 118 footnotes. The justice adds: “We hold that Roe and Casey must be overruled. And far from bringing about a national settlement of the abortion issue, Roe and Casey have enflamed debate and deepened division.” It is then circulated among the justices. Its reasoning was exceptionally weak, and the decision has had damaging consequences.

A leaked bombshell document suggests the US Supreme Court could soon vote to overturn a landmark ruling that grants Americans the constitutional right to an ...

It's important to note that the document is a draft that reflects only the opinion of Justice Alito. The case is challenging a law that was passed in the US state of Mississippi in 2018, banning abortion after 15 weeks. "It is time to heed the constitution and return the issue of abortion to the people's elected representatives." California, for example, is a politically progressive state that claims to offer the easiest access to the procedure in the United States. But in a move that is unprecedented in the Supreme Court's modern history, a secret draft ruling written by one of the judges was leaked to a US media outlet. The right to get an abortion in the United States comes from a landmark court decision made in the 1970s. This qualification to his ruling means that abortion access in the US now varies from state to state. "We ... conclude that the right of personal privacy includes the abortion decision, but that this right is not unqualified and must be considered against important state interests in regulation," Justice Harry A Blackmun wrote. The document, published by Politico, suggests five of the nine judges on the bench privately voted to strike down a 49-year-old decision that makes abortion legal at a national level. America's highest court is set to make a decision by the end of June on Mississippi's attempt to ban most terminations after 15 weeks of pregnancy. A leaked bombshell document suggests the US Supreme Court could soon vote to overturn a landmark ruling that grants Americans the constitutional right to an abortion. Roe v Wade: The US Supreme Court's draft ruling on the future of abortion rights appears to have leaked

A woman's right to have an abortion through the first trimester of pregnancy was protected nationally in 1973 following the supreme court's landmark ruling.

All these are factors the woman and her responsible physician necessarily will consider in consultation.” These interests are separate and distinct.” Five Republican-nominated judges were among the majority. “This right of privacy ... is broad enough to encompass a woman’s decision whether or not to terminate her pregnancy. “Specific and direct harm medically diagnosable even in early pregnancy may be involved. There is also the distress, for all concerned, associated with the unwanted child, and there is the problem of bringing a child into a family already unable, psychologically and otherwise, to care for it.

A draft opinion circulated among Supreme Court justices suggests that earlier this year a majority of them had thrown support behind overturning the 1973 ...

The court is expected to rule on the case before its term is up in late June or early July. Politico said only that it received "a copy of the draft opinion from a person familiar with the court's proceedings in the Mississippi case along with other details supporting the authenticity of the document". "It is time to heed the Constitution and return the issue of abortion to the people's elected representatives." The news outlet published what was labelled as a "1st Draft" of the "Opinion of the Court" in a case challenging Mississippi's ban on abortion after 15 weeks, a case known as Dobbs v Jackson Women's Health Organisation. "We hold that Roe and Casey must be overruled," it adds, referencing the 1992 case Planned Parenthood v Casey that affirmed Roe's finding of a Constitutional right to abortion services but allowed states to place some constraints on the practice. A draft opinion circulated among Supreme Court justices suggests that earlier this year a majority of them had thrown support behind overturning the 1973 case Roe v Wade that legalised abortion nationwide, according to a report published Monday night (US time) in Politico. It's unclear if the draft represents the court's final word on the matter.

The nationwide legal right to abortion is described as "egregiously wrong" in a leaked document.

You can also get in touch in the following ways: Assume for a moment that this draft opinion becomes the law of the land. The other three were picked by Democratic presidents. Its reasoning was exceptionally weak, and the decision has had damaging consequences. Roe v Wade in 1973 gave women in the US an absolute right to an abortion in the first three months of pregnancy, and limited rights in the second trimester. The US Supreme Court could be about to overturn the nationwide legal right to abortion, according to an unprecedented leaked draft of a court document.

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It is possible for changes to be made to the opinion, or even for votes to change, before the court’s final ruling, which is expected in the next couple of months. Because the US congress has never enshrined the right to terminate a pregnancy, the overturning of Roe v Wade would mean individual states can immediately make their own decisions over the way forward. The Guardian’s Washington correspondent David Smith called the leak “stunning and unprecedented” and said it would be “the worst security breach” in the court’s history. “The biggest chunk of the money will go towards making the accommodation suitable for the old people,” said the nursing home’s director, Ievhen Tkachov. But if the supreme court does rule along the lines suggested by the leaked document, the consequences will be rapid and hugely consequential. This leak is the gravest, most unforgivable sin.” “Roe was egregiously wrong from the start,” it says. A draft supreme court opinion, apparently by conservative justice Samuel Alito, was leaked to Politico in a story published late Monday night. It would be the worst security breach in the court’s history. Swiss politiciansare to debate the country’s controversial banking secrecy lawamid ongoing pressure to scrap rules allowing the prosecution of whistleblowers. The curtainwill come down on Andrew Lloyd Webber’s West End musical Cinderellaless than a year after its opening, causing dismay among some cast members who had no notice of the closure. The court could still vote the other way.

The U.S. Supreme Court has supposedly decided to overrule Roe V. Wade, according to a leaked first draft opinion obtained by Politico.

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