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The decision is said to have been made by the Supreme, which is dominated by conservative judges: The US Supreme Court wants to overturn the right to abortion.
This is said to come from a draft of the judges' majority opinion, which news site Politico reported on Monday evening.
In the draft, written by conservative judge Samuel Alito, the landmark decision "Roe v.
Wade' in 1973, which codified abortion rights, as 'enormously wrong from the start'.
According to the draft, the verdict, along with another court decision on abortion (Planned Parenthood v. Casey), would be "overturned" and "the issue of abortion returned to the elected officials."
Abortion rights are "not deeply rooted in the history and traditions of the nation," Alito wrote.
In "Roe v.
Wade, the Supreme Court ruled that access to abortion is a constitutional right of every woman.
In »Planned Parenthood v.
Casey," in 1992 the court guaranteed the right to an abortion until the fetus is viable outside the womb.
This is usually the case in the 22nd to 24th week of pregnancy.
Four other Conservative justices -- Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett -- wanted to vote with Alito, Politico reports, citing those in the know.
The court's three liberal judges, on the other hand, were working on a dissenting opinion.
Accordingly, it is not known how Chief Justice John Roberts will ultimately vote.
A decision by the constitutional judges is expected in June.
Several conservative-governed states have already passed tougher abortion laws in anticipation of the Supreme Court decision.
In Texas, the so-called heartbeat law came into force last September, which bans abortions from about the sixth week of pregnancy (read more here).
Planned Parenthood, which runs abortion clinics nationwide, called the draft report "outrageous" but warned it was "not definitive."
"While abortion is still legal, today's report makes it clear that our deepest fears are coming true," the organization said on Twitter.
“We have reached a moment of crisis for access to abortion.”
as /AFP