Chief Justice John Roberts on Tuesday said the leak of a draft Supreme Court opinion overturning the 1973 case Roe v Wade and allowing states to force women to carry pregnancies to term will not affect the court’s work going forward.
The leaked draft, published Monday by Politico, was confirmed in a statement released by the court as authentic and described as one “circulated internally” as a “a routine and essential part of the Court's confidential deliberative work” but not reflective of “a decision by the Court or the final position of any member on the issues in the case”.
