The US Supreme Court is expected to cancel the landmark 1973 decision that ruled abortion for women a constitutional right.
Politico news outlet reported that according to a draft majority opinion circulated inside the Court, twenty-six states would be likely to ban abortions.
The Court is scheduled to rule by July in the case.
A move by the U.S. to limit abortion rights would mark one of the few global instances of a nation-reversing course, while several nations — notably in Latin America — have eased restrictions on abortions.
The draft opinion, which Politico said it got from a person familiar with the court’s deliberations, was written by Justice Samuel Alito and has at least preliminary support from four other Republican-appointed justices, the publication said.
Politico quoted Alito as saying: “The constitutional right to abortion was egregiously wrong from the start. Its reasoning was exceptionally weak, and the decision has had damaging consequences, and enflamed debate and deepened division as well.”
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