Leaked Document Suggests U.S Supreme Court May Overturn Abortion Rights
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May 3, 2022
A leaked draft decision of the United States Supreme Court that would overturn the federal right to abortion will likely unleash a tsunami of political activity in the country. So says constitutional legal scholar, Professor Penelope Andrews, after news website Politico obtained and published a copy of an initial draft opinion circulated inside the nation's highest Court. In its analysis, Politico reports that the document is an unflinching repudiation of the 1973 Roe vs Wade decision to guarantee federal constitutional protections to abortion rights, and a decision in a separate case in 1992 that largely maintained a woman's right to choose. Andrews also warns that the unprecedented leak will impact the way Americans view the legitimacy of the Court.
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5-3-2022
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SABC News, "Leaked Document Suggests U.S Supreme Court May Overturn Abortion Rights" (2022). Videos. 6.
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