Women in Democrat-run states, meanwhile, would experience little change.ĭemocrats plainly hope that the shock of such a decision would limit their expected mid-term losses. Other states, including Georgia and Ohio, have prepared somewhat less draconian restrictions, limiting abortions to pregnancies shorter than six weeks (federal courts have until now blocked these from going into effect). Republican-dominated legislatures in 13 states have pre-emptively passed complete bans on abortion, intended to come into effect after the Supreme Court strikes down Roe. If Roe were to be definitively cast aside next month, as had been widely predicted, women would be confronted with a maze of abortion rules depending on their home state. And it will fall on voters to elect pro-choice officials this November.” “If the court does overturn Roe, it will fall on our nation’s elected officials at all levels of government to protect a woman’s right to choose. President Joe Biden pointed to the political repercussions. Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi, the Democrats’ leaders in Congress, denounced the reported Supreme Court votes as an “abomination” and accused the Republican-appointed justices of having “lied to the US Senate, ripped up the constitution, and defiled both precedent and the Supreme Court’s reputation”. That caveat has not stopped glee from Republicans, who are close to vindication for a decades-long strategy aimed at seizing control of federal courts and overturning Roe, and recriminations from Democrats. Such opinions are often revised as justices trade drafts and dissents. John Roberts, the chief justice, confirmed the draft’s authenticity and swiftly ordered an investigation. It was a shocking breach of the court’s norms of discretion and deliberation.

On May 2nd Justice Alito’s draft opinion was published by Politico, an American news outlet, more than a month before its expected release.

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