On Monday evening, Politico published what it claimed was a leaked Supreme Court draft ruling showing that a majority of the right-leaning court is prepared to overturn 1973’s landmark Roe v. Wade decision, thereby nullifying the constitutional right to abortion on the federal level.
The draft ruling for Dobbs v. Jackson Woman’s Health Organization was initially circulated amongst the court in February, the document shows, and stands in its current form as an undiluted assault on federal access to abortions. The opinion is written by arch-conservative Justice Samuel Alito, who declares at one point that “Roe was egregiously wrong from the start.” In no uncertain terms, then, the draft appears to be proof positive that when the court makes its official ruling (expected sometime next month), it will abolish federal reproductive health rights in this country, and dramatically warp the very fabric of American society to a horrifying degree as a result.
