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Martin Pengelly in New York

‘An abomination’: Pelosi leads outcry on supreme court draft abortion ruling

Nancy Pelosi, the speaker of the House of Representatives, said the leaked draft decision would be ‘one of the worst and most damaging decisions in modern history’.
Nancy Pelosi, the House speaker, said the leaked draft decision would be ‘one of the worst and most damaging decisions in modern history’. Photograph: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

Supporters of abortion rights reacted with outrage to the leak on Monday night of a supreme court decision overturning Roe v Wade, the 1973 ruling which has safeguarded the right till now.

According to Politico, the draft ruling, written by Samuel Alito, is supported by Clarence Thomas and the three conservative justices appointed by Donald Trump: Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett.

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