Judge Samuel Alito was incontrovertibly right about one thing in his leaked, draft ruling on Roe v. Wade: ‘Abortion presents a profound moral issue on which Americans hold sharply conflicting views.’
Well yes. So we’ve seen with the reaction to the leak – which really is unprecedented. We are reminded that the original Roe v. Wade decision itself was leaked in 1973, but that was just a few hours before publication. A leak at this stage, of a draft opinion which could yet be revised, can only have had one intention: to bring intense pressure to bear on the Supreme Court members who supported the draft to reverse their decision.
The reaction from Hillary Clinton, Elizabeth Warren and Planned Parenthood et al in the US has been predictable. And no prizes for guessing what Vice President Kamala Harris will be saying when she addresses an Emily’s List gathering tonight.
The British reaction to date has been predictable too: outrage, compounded by incomprehension that such a ruling could actually be possible even with the complexities of the US constitution.
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