Supreme Court Has Decided to Overturn Roe v. Wade, Leaked Opinion Suggests

Supreme Court Has Decided to Overturn Roe v. Wade, Leaked Opinion Suggests
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito poses in Washington on April 23, 2021. Erin Schaff/Pool via Reuters
Matthew Vadum
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A newly published majority draft opinion penned by Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito suggests the nation’s top court has decided to strike down Roe v. Wade, the seminal precedent that in 1973 wrested the regulation of abortion from the states and made the procedure lawful throughout the entire United States.

The 67-page opinion, along with a 31-page appendix, was published on May 2 by Politico.