Abortion rights supporters and anti-abortion demonstrators rally outside the U.S. Supreme Court on Nov. 1, 2021. | Drew Angerer/Getty Images
Supreme Court has voted to overturn abortion rights, draft opinion shows
Important Takeaways:
- “We hold that Roe and Casey must be overruled,” Justice Alito writes in an initial majority draft circulated inside the court.
- “It is time to heed the Constitution and return the issue of abortion to the people’s elected representatives.”
- “Roe was egregiously wrong from the start. Its reasoning was exceptionally weak, and the decision has had damaging consequences. And far from bringing about a national settlement of the abortion issue, Roe and Casey have enflamed debate and deepened division.”
- No draft decision in the modern history of the court has been disclosed publicly while a case was still pending. The unprecedented revelation is bound to intensify the debate over what was already the most controversial case on the docket this term.
- The court’s holding will not be final until it is published, likely in the next two months.
- If the Alito draft is adopted, it would rule in favor of Mississippi in the closely watched case over that state’s attempt to ban most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy.
Original Article is HERE: https://www.politico.com/news/2022/05/02/supreme-court-abortion-draft-opinion-00029473
