Politico on Monday night leaked a draft of a United States Supreme Court opinion that indicates the nation’s highest court has voted to overturn Roe v. Wade, the landmark case that has guaranteed the right to an abortion in the U.S. for nearly five decades.
The court’s ruling, if it matches the leaked draft opinion, would immediately “end a half-century guarantee of federal constitutional protection of abortion rights and allow each state to decide whether to restrict or ban abortion,” according to Politico. Chief Justice John Roberts on Tuesday confirmed the authenticity of the draft, according to NPR, but reiterated that it’s not final.
As of right now, abortion is still legal in Pennsylvania and elsewhere in the nation, since the court hasn’t officially released an opinion. And unlike more than a dozen other U.S. states, Pennsylvania does not currently have a “trigger” law on the books that would instantly restrict abortion once federal protections are removed.
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