Shockwaves from the leak continued, with protesters in Los Angeles clashing with police and top Democrats vowing to fight it. The Supreme Court is due to rule next month or the month after on a challenge brought by the state of Mississippi that would stop the right to terminate a pregnancy being seen as constitutional, thus allowing individual states to ban abortions or enforce existing bans. The top judge has ordered an investigation into how the draft was leaked, calling it an “egregious breach of trust.” PROTESTS over the US Supreme Court’s leaked plans to overturn federal abortion rights intensified yesterday after the court confirmed the draft was genuine.Ĭhief Justice John Roberts acknowledged the draft by Justice Samuel Alito, which said it was time to overrule the 1973 Roe v Wade judgement, as “authentic” but insisted: “It does not represent a decision by the court or the final position of any member.”
