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Texas Senator Ted Cruz is among many republican elected officials who are hailing the leaked draft decision of the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade.
“I think the right outcome is to overturn Roe versus Wade. Roe vs. Wade was wrong the day it was decided. It was seven unelected lawyers who declared to the American people that the voters no longer have the right to make decisions about abortion,"
Cruz told CNN's John Harwood.
But Cruz
took to Twitter Tuesday to condemn the leak of the majority decision, which is subject to change before being made public.
"The decision of an immoral and unethical individual to leak the Court's confidential working documents is the predictable consequence of a multi-year effort by Senate Democrats to politicize and undermine the Court." Said Cruz. "I hope whoever is responsible for the leaked draft opinion is fired, prosecuted, and has to serve real jail time."
It is exceedingly rare in modern times for a draft decision of the court to be lead to before it is made, officially.
Texas passed the heartbeat bill in 2021 which effectively bans abortions in Texas, and would act as a trigger for further restrictions if Roe is actually overturned.
It has not been successfully challenged in the courts since it was passed.
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