{"id":22056,"date":"2022-05-04T08:06:25","date_gmt":"2022-05-04T12:06:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=22056"},"modified":"2022-05-04T08:06:25","modified_gmt":"2022-05-04T12:06:25","slug":"abortion-ruling-us-supreme-court-says-leak-is-real-as-investigation-launched","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2022\/05\/04\/abortion-ruling-us-supreme-court-says-leak-is-real-as-investigation-launched\/","title":{"rendered":"Abortion ruling: US Supreme Court says leak is real as investigation launched"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A leaked document suggesting millions of US women could lose the legal right to abortion is genuine, the Supreme Court’s chief justice has confirmed.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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But it does not represent the court’s final decision, said John Roberts.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The leak has stirred expectations that the 1973 decision which legalised abortion in the US could be overturned, allowing individual states to ban it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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President Joe Biden has argued that the decision – if it goes ahead – could call other freedoms into question.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The leaked document – labelled “1st Draft” – appears to reflect the majority opinion of the court.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Written by Justice Samuel Alito, it calls the 1973 Roe v Wade ruling – which legalised abortion across the US – “egregiously wrong from the start”.<\/p>\n

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The draft is not a final ruling, and opinions could change. But if Roe v Wade is overturned, around half of US states could ban abortion.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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In a statement, Chief Justice Roberts described the leak of the draft – first published by US website Politico – as “a singular and egregious breach” and asked the Marshal of the Supreme Court to launch an investigation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The work of the court would “not be affected in any way”, he added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The draft’s release has caused a wave of reaction from both sides. Anti-abortion law firm Americans United for Life urged the court to disregard “the expectations of pro-abortion activists or proxy media allies”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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