The Supreme Court of the United States intends to vote to cancel the 1973 law guaranteeing the right to abortion . This was revealed by the newspaper " Politico ", which obtained an exclusive draft written by judge Samuel Alito on the opinion of the majority of the essays. The document is a "total and firm" repudiation of the historic "Roe vs Wade" ruling, which guaranteed the federal constitutional protection of the right to abortion , then supplemented by a subsequent 1992 decision - "Planned Parenthood vs Casey" - which largely part confirmed the right.
We believe that the sentence "must be annulled", reads the draft entitled "Opinion of the Court." "It is time to listen to the Constitution and return the issue of abortion to the elected representatives of the people", the document continues.
The draft was drawn up in February, informed sources told Politico. The four Republican-nominated judges - Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett - voted with Alito, also appointed by Grand Old Party president George W. Bush, in 2005, to abolish the right to abortion.
Three Democratic judges Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan are working on a counter-draft , sources said.
It is not clear how Supreme Court President John Roberts, who was also appointed by Bush in 2006 and who is considered a moderate, will side.
THE WORDS OF BIDEN - "I believe that a woman's right to choose is fundamental, Roe has been a law of the country for almost 50 years, the basic correctness and stability of our law require that it not be overturned": says Joe Biden in a White House note. After warning that "we do not know if the draft is authentic or if it reflects the final decision of the court", the president again recalls in the note that his administration "has argued strongly before the Supreme Court in defense of Roe vs Wade", based on "a long line of precedents that recognize the concept of the 14th Amendment of Personal Freedom ... against government interference with intensely personal decisions." "If the Supreme Court overturns the Roe vs Wade ruling, it will be up to our elected leaders at all levels of government to protect a woman's right to choose and it will be up to voters to elect pro-choice leaders in November" in the Midterm election.
(Unioneonline / vl)