‘An abomination’: Pelosi leads outcry on supreme court draft abortion ruling
by Martin Pengelly in New York from US news | The Guardian on (#5YTJ1)
Speaker warns scrapping Roe v Wade would be greatest restriction of rights in the past 50 years' as AOC calls for Senate reform
Supporters of abortion rights reacted with outrage to the leak on Monday night of a supreme court decision overturning Roe v Wade, the 1973 ruling which has safeguarded the right till now.
According to Politico, the draft ruling, written by Samuel Alito, is supported by Clarence Thomas and the three conservative justices appointed by Donald Trump: Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett.
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