- Title: Security fence goes up at Supreme Court following abortion draft leak
- Date: 5th May 2022
- Summary: WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES (MAY 5, 2022) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF LOCAL WORKERS ERECTING FENCES AROUND SUPREME COURT BUILDING VARIOUS OF FORKLIFT CARRYING FENCES VARIOUS OF LOCAL WORKERS ERECTING FENCES AROUND SUPREME COURT BUILDING POLICE VAN PARKED IN FRONT OF SUPREME COURT BUILDING WIDE VIEW OF SUPREME COURT BUILDING
- Embargoed: 19th May 2022 16:04
- Keywords: Roe Supreme Court Washington abortion
- Location: WASHINGTON D.C., UNITED STATES
- City: WASHINGTON D.C., UNITED STATES
- Country: USA
- Topics: Government/Politics,United States
- Reuters ID: LVA001601105052022RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text:A security fence went up up at the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday (May 4) night, following public anger and protests at a leaked draft opinion that would overturn the Roe v. Wade landmark ruling on abortion rights.
Police officers were seen erecting non-scalable fences around the Supreme Court building.
The court confirmed that a draft opinion signaling a reversal of the Roe v. Wade ruling, published late on Monday (May 2) by the news site Politico, was authentic. The court said it did not represent the justices' final decision, due by the end of June.
Abortion is one of the most divisive issues in U.S. politics and has been for nearly a half century. A 2021 Pew Research Center poll found that 59% of U.S. adults believed it should be legal in all or most cases, while 39% thought it should be illegal in most or all cases.
The abortion ruling would be the court's biggest since former President Donald Trump succeeded in naming three conservative justices to the court - Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett.
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