Last week, a draft ruling from the US Supreme Court was leaked and made public.

It was authentic but not final, as in New York Times put it.

The draft was written by Justice Samuel Alito, who argued that Roe v. Wade, the landmark

1973 decision that made abortion legal throughout the country, was, quote, aggrigiously wrong

from the start.

It is time to heed the Constitution, Alito wrote, and return the issue of abortion to the

people's elected representatives.

The leak prompted a vigorous response from Democrats like Elizabeth Warren.

I am angry because we have reached the culmination of what Republicans have been fighting

for and going for for decades now and we are going to fight back.

And from Republicans like Mitch McConnell, who blamed the leak on his political opponents,

years the radical left has attacked the institution of the Supreme Court.

Last night it appears their campaign hit a new low.

And from the rest of us, some of whom found the ruling despicable,

and others who celebrated it.

If the court does ultimately overturn Roe, abortion would be regulated at the state level

as it was before the 1973 ruling.

Back then, only five states had legalized abortion.

According to the Pew Research Center, abortion is easily one of the most controversial issues

in the U.S., 80% of Democrats favor legal abortion in all or most cases, versus just over

35% of Republicans.

Over the past few years, many states had already moved to limit or restrict abortion, most

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