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Supreme Court Justices Meet for 1st Time Since Draft Abortion Ruling Leak

Supreme Court Justices Meet for 1st Time Since Draft Abortion Ruling Leak
Members of the Supreme Court pose for a group photograph at the Supreme Court in Washington on April 23, 2021. Erin Schaff/Pool/Getty Images
Matthew Vadum
Matthew Vadum
5/12/2022|Updated: 5/12/2022

The justices of the Supreme Court were to meet face-to-face on May 12 for a private conference on court business for the first time since the unauthorized publication of a draft majority opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade generated a firestorm of controversy.

The leaked draft opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, confirmed as authentic, suggests that a majority of the Supreme Court’s justices are prepared to undo Roe v. Wade, the seminal 1973 precedent that swept away state laws and made abortion legal across the country.

Matthew Vadum
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