US court to permit abortion bans

Leaked draft judgment suggests justices will overturn Roe v Wade

The US Supreme Court is planning to overturn its ruling in Roe v Wade, the 1973 decision that legalised abortion throughout the United States, according to a leaked draft judgment published by the news website Politico.

If the court follows this draft in a ruling expected by July, state legislatures would be free to ban abortion. Twenty-two of the 50 US …