Roe v. Wade
By Katherine Daigle
WASHINGTON—In a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito indicates the court may be prepared to overturn Roe v. Wade, the 1973 precedent that established a constitutional right to an abortion. The 67-page opinion, marked as a first draft, declared that Roe was “egregiously wrong and deeply damaging,” and that Planned Parenthood v. Casey, a 1992 decision that limited but did not eliminate abortion rights, prolonged the court’s error. A U.S. Supreme Court CHRISTIAN TIMES MAGAZINE ISSUE 60 | PAGE 32