Biden: Leaked Supreme Court Opinion a ‘Fundamental Shift in American Jurisprudence’

President Joe Biden gives remarks before meeting with small business owners in the South Court Auditorium of the White House in Washington on April 28, 2022. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

President Joe Biden says that if the Supreme Court moves to overturn Roe v. Wade, it would represent a “fundamental shift in American jurisprudence.”

A draft majority opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito—leaked to the press and published by Politico May 2—suggests the Supreme Court has decided to strike down the 1973 decision that made abortion legal throughout the United States.