A leaked document obtained by Politico reveals that the US Supreme Court could soon vote to overturn a landmark ruling that grants Americans the constitutional right to an abortion.
The 98-page initial draft of the majority opinion, written by Justice Samuel Alito, suggests that five of the nine judges on the bench privately voted to strike down the 1973 Roe v Wade case, which is the 49-year old ruling that makes abortion legal at a national level.
In the document dated 10 February, Justice Samuel Alito wrote: “Roe was egregiously wrong from the start”, before stating that the decision on whether to ban it or not should be returned to individual states.
