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CHICAGO The leak of a draft majority opinion by Justice Samuel Alito suggests that the US Supreme Court is about to overturn Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision recognising a constitutional right to abortion. If it does, the Court will create a nation of lawbreakers, because many women will simply evade or violate restrictive state abortion laws. But it will also create an even
Abortion is an old battle. Pills are the new one. Most abortions are now with pills taken at home and we're about to witness a multi-front feud throughout the United States. Abortion foes may find it harder to crack down on pills than on clinics and some Americans see Canada as a front in that battle.
A Supreme Court justice is appointed for life, is virtually impossible to impeach and has the "unbridled" ability to nullify any law through the power of judicial review.