President Joe Biden has issued a response to a document leaked from the Supreme Court that suggests the high court has decided to strike down Roe v. Wade, the 1973 seminal precedent that made abortion legal throughout the United States.
The draft majority opinion authored by Justice Samuel Alito was published by Politico and later confirmed as authentic by the Supreme Court.
In a statement issued before that confirmation, Biden said that the White House was unsure of its authenticity before reaffirming his administration’s efforts to argue in support of Roe v. Wade, with Biden saying, “I believe that a woman’s right to choose is fundamental, Roe has been the law of the land for almost fifty years, and basic fairness and the stability of our law demand that it not be overturned.”
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