Gilead & Gavels: Supreme Court Has Voted To Overturn Abortion Rights, Infuriatingly Infringing Draft Opinion Shows

Amid all of the celebratory couture happening at the Met Gala, some disturbing news broke last night concerning women’s rights. A groundbreaking leak suggests that the U.S. Supreme Court is set to overturn the Roe v. Wade abortion-rights decision.

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Politico is reporting that it’s obtained a Supreme Court draft majority opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade, the final opinion has not been released, but the outlet is reporting that it received a 98-page document on the matter.

The news is a stunning breach of Supreme Court confidentiality, one that the SCOTUS blog blasted on social media as the “gravest, most unforgivable sin.”

The document leaked to Politico is almost certainly an authentic draft opinion by J. Alito that reflects what he believes at least 5 members of the Court have voted to support — overruling Roe. But as Alito’s draft, it does not reflect the comments or reactions of other Justices.

— SCOTUSblog (@SCOTUSblog) May 3, 2022

It’s impossible to overstate the earthquake this will cause inside the Court, in terms of the destruction of trust among the Justices and staff. This leak is the gravest, most unforgivable sin.

— SCOTUSblog (@SCOTUSblog) May 3, 2022

Will the outrage among supporters of Roe — reflected in a massive amount of written commentary on every detail of the Alito draft majority opinion in the coming weeks — become the ultimate crowdsourced draft dissent?

— SCOTUSblog (@SCOTUSblog) May 3, 2022

What an abhorrent way to try to deflect. SHUT UP.

Roe V. Wade is of course the case that has guaranteed basic abortion rights in the U.S. since the 1973 ruling.

More Details On The Draft Opinion Obtained By Politico

The draft opinion was written by Justice Samuel Alito Jr and Politico obtained and published the damning document while noting that it is indeed authentic.

In it, Justice Alito daftly writes that Roe v. Wade “was egregiously wrong from the start.”

“We hold that Roe and Casey must be overruled,” Politico says Alito writes in the document, labeled as the “Opinion of the Court.” “It is time to heed the Constitution and return the issue of abortion to the people’s elected representatives.”

The outlet adds that a person familiar with the court’s deliberations said that four of the other Republican-appointed justices – Clarence Thomas [OF COURSE], Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett – had voted with Alito in the conference held among the justices after hearing oral arguments in December.

Allegedly those judges’ decisions remain unchanged as of this week.

Right now: Barricades are up around the Supreme Court building, just minutes after reports from Politico were leaked indicating SCOTUS has voted to overturn Roe v. Wade. pic.twitter.com/LxR9rbs6TF

— Cami Mondeaux (@cami_mondeaux) May 3, 2022

This absolutely terrifying news is already garnering outrage and “The Handmaid’s Tale” comparisons.

An extremist Supreme Court is poised to overturn #RoeVWade and impose its far-right, unpopular views on the entire country. It's time for the millions who support the Constitution and abortion rights to stand up and make their voices heard. We're not going back—not ever.

— Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) May 3, 2022

If you are upset that #RoeVWade is about to be overturned by the Supreme Court but you didn’t vote in 2016 or you voted for Trump because you didn’t like the smart lady, YOU did this w/your apathy or your decision to choose an imp for President. YOU gave him THREE SCOTUS seats.

— yvette nicole brown (@YNB) May 3, 2022

I refuse to ever be your handmaid @USSupremeCourt #RoeVWade pic.twitter.com/JXRBI3S8K1

— Lauren ???????????? (@MNLakesGirl) May 3, 2022

This shocking story is still developing, read more HERE.