AUSTIN, Texas — A leaked draft of the U.S. Supreme Court’s forthcoming opinion on abortion says that the rights to gay marriage and same-sex partner intimacy may be safe — but only for now.
On Monday, Politico released a document that shows the court is poised to overturn the right to abortion decided in the 1973 landmark Texas case Roe v. Wade. Chief Justice John Roberts on Tuesday confirmed the leaked document’s veracity, but said it does not represent the court’s decision or the ultimate position of any justice.
If it proves to be the final version, or close to it, the opinion would not only uphold a Mississippi ban on abortions at 15 weeks but also overturn Roe and trigger even stricter bans in other states, including Texas.
