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Harry Nelson: Fury among pro-choice advocates as US Supreme Court prepares to overhaul abortion law
The United States is in political uproar over a leaked document from its Supreme Court, which indicates abortion rights are about to be rolled back across much of the country.
Overnight the court's Chief Justice, John Roberts, confirmed a draft opinion published by the news website Politico yesterday was "authentic".
He described the leak as a "betrayal of the confidences of the court" and "an egregious breach of trust", and said there would be an investigation.
The draft, written by conservative Justice Samuel Alito, would overrule the landmark 1973 Supreme Court decision in Roe vs Wade…
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