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The US Supreme Court will vote to overturn Roe v Wade, the 1973 decision that legalized abortion nationwide, according to draft opinion cited in a news report released Monday evening. “It is time to heed the Constitution and return the issue of abortion to the people’s elected representatives," Associate Justice Samuel Alito writes in the purported 98-page draft document, obtained by Politico, which is labeled as the “Opinion of the Court.” CNA has not been able to independently verify if the draft opinion shared by Politico is genuine, and the court’s decision will not be final until it is published, likely to happen by the end of June. If the decision holds, more than a dozen states will immediately outlaw abortion. This is a developing story and will be updated on catholic news agency dot com.
Today the Church celebrates Saints Phillip and James the Lesser, both apostles of Jesus. Phillip began to convert others as soon as he heard Jesus’ call. James the Lesser has that title because he was younger than the other Apostle by the same name. James the Lesser was related in some way to Jesus, and after Jesus’ Ascension into heaven, he became the head of the Church in Jerusalem. He was martyred in the year 62.
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