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If the Supreme Court’s conservative majority affirms the leaked decision overturning abortion rights in the U.S., the effects would be sweeping for 40 million women in more than two dozen states where Republican-led legislatures have been eagerly awaiting the repudiation of the right to terminate a pregnancy.

Washington (AFP) - The leaked draft decision that indicates the Supreme Court is poised to eliminate abortion rights marks a stunning triumph of a five-decade campaign by religious conservatives to plant their agenda at the center of US political life.

Activists on both sides of the abortion debate have spent months planning for a blockbuster Supreme Court ruling this year on Roe v. Wade. None of those plans anticipated the particular jolt on Monday night, when a leaked draft opinion signaled a decisive end to the decadeslong precedent.

Draft opinions circulated among Supreme Court justices are meant to allow for deliberation and editing before a final version is released. They are not the last word, nor ready for public reaction.

PITTSBURGH — As if it wasn’t important enough already, the 2022 midterm election cycle in Pennsylvania — a state whose Democratic governor has vowed for years to veto any bills limiting abortion access — took on new meaning overnight, candidates on both sides of the aisle said late Monday and…

Democrats say several conservative justices lied to the Senate in their confirmations. But nominees have long taken a careful line on Roe, acknowledging it as a precedent without saying much more.

A draft decision by the US Supreme Court that would overturn 50 years of abortion rights has been sensationally leaked. Hayden Thorne, who studies the Supreme Court, analyses the draft and i

Two generations of women have relied upon Roe to access legal and safe abortions, writes Andrew Buncombe

If the landmark decision is finally overturned after 50 years, it’s worth wondering why the hell we didn’t act in the last five decades to protect it.

WASHINGTON — A seismic shock hit the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday with the leak of a draft opinion overturning the Roe v. Wade abortion rights ruling, an extraordinary breach likely to further decimate trust among the justices at what was already a fractious time.

Gorsuch just penned an important pro-LGBT decision two years ago. Americans are largely not interested in relitigating this issue.