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Archie Bland

Supreme court abortion law leak: what happened and why does it matter?

A crowd of people gather outside the US supreme court early on Tuesday.
A crowd of people gather outside the US supreme court early on Tuesday. Photograph: Alex Brandon/AP

What’s happened?

A draft supreme court opinion, apparently by the conservative justice Samuel Alito, was leaked to Politico for a story published late on Monday. It appears to show that the court is preparing to rule in favour of Mississippi in a case over whether the state can outlaw nearly all abortions at and after 15 weeks gestation – a direct challenge to the guarantee of abortion rights enshrined in Roe v Wade.

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