Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) said that documents purporting to show that the Supreme Court (SCOTUS) will overturn Roe v. Wade were leaked to try and force SCOTUS to change course.
The draft of the SCOTUS decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization was leaked to Politico in an unprecedented breach of court secrecy and was published on May 2. The documents suggest that SCOTUS will overturn the standard laid out in 1973’s Roe v. Wade, which required states to allow abortions at least during the first trimester and made provisions to allow abortions in the second and third trimesters for the sake of the life or health of the mother.
