Supreme Court Draft Ruling Rejects Abortion Rights: Politico (1)

The U.S. Supreme Court is poised to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade decision protecting the constitutional right to abortion, according to a draft majority opinion circulated inside the court, Politico reported.

The draft opinion, which Politico said it got from a person familiar with the court’s deliberations, was written by Justice Samuel Alito and has at least preliminary support from four other Republican-appointed justices, the publication said. The court is scheduled to rule by July in the case.

“Roe was egregiously wrong from the start,” Alito wrote, according to Politico. “It is time to heed the Constitution ...