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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Via AP news wire

What GOP-nominated justices said about Roe to Senate panel

Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

In one form or another, every Supreme Court nominee is asked during Senate hearings about his or her views of the Roe v. Wade abortion rights ruling that has stood for a half century.

Now, a draft opinion obtained by Politico suggests that a majority of the court is prepared to strike down the landmark 1973 decision, leaving it to the states to determine a woman's ability to get an abortion.

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