Politico has obtained what it calls a draft of a majority opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito that would strike down Roe v. Wade.

The draft was circulated in early February, according to Politico.

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The final opinion has not been released and votes and language can change before opinions are formally released. 

The opinion in this case is not expected to be published until late June.

The Clarifying Facial

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Supreme Court draft opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade published by Politico

According to the draft, the court would overturn Roe v. Wade's holding of a federal constitutional right to an abortion. 

The opinion would be the most consequential abortion decision in decades and transform the landscape of women's reproductive health in America.

THE CALMING FACIAL

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Politico's publishing of the draft is unprecedented by the high court's standards of secrecy.

It's hard to believe that the former doesn't help to explain the latter, but it's an earthquake in both respects. 

Overturning Roe would be the culmination of a decades-long project of the conservative legal moment.

The case before the U.S. Supreme Court centers on a ban in Mississippi on abortions after 15 weeks.