U.S news but pretty major:
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/0...inion-00029473
Quote:
The Supreme Court has voted to strike down the landmark Roe v. Wade decision, according to an initial draft majority opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito circulated inside the court and obtained by POLITICO.
Deliberations on controversial cases have in the past been fluid. Justices can and sometimes do change their votes as draft opinions circulate and major decisions can be subject to multiple drafts and vote-trading, sometimes until just days before a decision is unveiled. The court’s holding will not be final until it is published, likely in the next two months.
The immediate impact of the ruling as drafted in February would be to end a half-century guarantee of federal constitutional protection of abortion rights and allow each state to decide whether to restrict or ban abortion. It’s unclear if there have been subsequent changes to the draft.
No draft decision in the modern history of the court has been disclosed publicly while a case was still pending. The unprecedented revelation is bound to intensify the debate over what was already the most controversial case on the docket this term.
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Overturning Row vs Wade is huge alone. This would be the world's richest, most powerful, country removing abortion rights in a Western world which typically moves towards liberalising them. Although it wouldn't ban abortion but remove the constitutional block to individual states banning it themselves. Many have laws ready to be enforced the moment the bill is overturned.
But it's also a huge story because it was leaked and this is going to tear the country apart even more than it usually does. This is a country that hates each other over silly things like masks, what a comedian says on Netflix or on a podcast.