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Latest news: POLITICO got ahold of and published a 98-page leak from the SCOTUS indicating that 5 members of the U. S. Supreme Court (alphabetically: Samuel Alito, Amy Comey, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Clarence Thomas, all Republican appointees) were prepared to overturn Roe vs. Wade, the 1973 decision that gives a woman a federally guaranteed choice about what to do with her body when she finds herself pregnant.
The decision was written by Alito.
You can read it here:
Perhaps as expected, this news ignited a firestorm.
As a matter of record, polls indicate 59% of Americans favor abortion.
See here:
So we know the majority position.
It seems to be under attack.
This piece will not examine the pros and cons of abortion.
They have been discussed at length elsewhere.
