Leaked Opinion Holds No Constitutional Basis for Roe and Casey

WASHINGTON, D.C. – A leaked copy of the draft opinion in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization case reveals that the U.S. Supreme Court has voted to overturn the 1973 Roe v. Wade and 1992 Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey abortion decisions since there is no constitutional basis for abortion. This SCOTUS decision concerns a Mississippi law that prohibits abortions after 15 weeks gestation, except in a medical emergency and in cases of severe fetal abnormality. According to the draft, the Supreme Court will send the abortion issue back to the states. The superb quality of the draft presents compelling evidence that Roe was wrongly decided from the start. The 98-page draft opinion by Justice Samuel Alito is masterfully written with a 31-page appendix of historical state abortion laws. The document is replete with citations to previous court decisions, books and other authorities, and includes 118 footnotes.