Since the appointment of anti-abortion Justice Amy Coney Barrett secured a conservative super-majority on the US Supreme Court in October 2020, women’s rights advocates have warned that Roe V Wade, the 1972 court decision that affirmed the right to abortion, was in danger of being overturned.
On Monday, the online newspaper Politico dot Com published a leaked draft decision in a case currently before the Supreme Court challenging Mississippi’s ban on abortion after 15 weeks, known as Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. The 98 page draft was written by conservative Justice Samuel Alito, and completely rolls back Roe vs Wade, and another important case that protects the right to abortion, paving the way for abortion bans across the country and potentially a federal ban on abortion if conservative legislators gain a majority in Congress in future elections.
