The Supreme Court of the United States is preparing to revoke the right to abortion, in force in the country since 1973, according to the unusual leak of a draft of the highest judicial instance published this Monday by the portal ‘Politico’. This media quotes a draft with the majority opinion of the Supreme Court, signed by Judge Samuel Alito.
Along with Ali would have agreed to revoke the right to abortion in the country, magistrates Clarence Thomas and the three proposed for the highest court by former President Donald Trump (2017-2021): Neil M. Gorsuch, Brett M. Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett. The country’s highest court has six conservative and three liberal judges.
“It’s time to abide by the Constitution and return the issue of abortion to the elected representatives of the people,” the document states. Being a draft, however, the decision could still change and an official verdict is not expected until June. The leaking of a Supreme Court decision on such a controversial and still under discussion issue is an unprecedented event in recent US history.
Protests in the US following the leak
instantly, thousands of people have taken to the streets. “It would be a historic decision because of the setback it would mean for American women,” says Ascensión Iglesias Redondo, vice president of the Federation of Progressive Women.
Abortion has been legal in the US since 1973. the Supreme will rule that the State does not have the right to intervene in the woman’s decision about her pregnancy. In the past decade, numerous conservative-led states have passed rules that blatantly violate those parameters, with the stated goal of getting the Supreme Court to review and overturn the nearly half-century-old precedent.
Biden defends the right to abortion
The US President Joe Bidenassured this Tuesday that he is preparing a “response” to defend the right to abortion in the country before the possibility that the Supreme Court will make it illegal. “We will be ready when any ruling is issued,” the president said after a high court draft was leaked that would overturn the legalization of abortion in the United States, in force since 1973 and known as “Roe versus Wade.”
In a text shared on your Twitter account ensures that we do not know if this project is genuine or if it reflects the final decision of the Court and affects the following three points. First, it refers to a woman’s right to chooseRoe has been the law of the land for nearly fifty years, and the basic justice and stability They demand that it not be cancelled.
In this sense, it warns that will be ready when any judgment is issued. “Shortly after the enactment of Texas SB 8 and other laws restricting women’s reproductive rights, I directed my Gender Policy Council and the Office of the White House General Counsel to prepare options for a Administration’s response to the ongoing attack on abortion and reproductive rights, under a variety of possible outcomes in cases pending before the Supreme Court,” the document states.
Finally, President Biden assures that if the Court annuls Roe, shall correspond to elected officials of our nation at all levels of government protect women’s right to choose. And it will be up to the voters elect pro-choice officials this November.
Source: Lasexta
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