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Report suggests Roberts pushed justices to keep Roe, but leaked opinion undermined his efforts

Updated: July 27, 2022 at 6:57 pm EST  See Comments

Wed Jul 27, 2022 – 5:53 pm EDT

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(LifeSiteNews) — U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts had attempted to lobby fellow conservatives on the Court not to overturn Roe v. Wade but was stymied by the leaked draft that indicated the justices were poised to roll back the 1973 decision, a recent CNN report suggested.

According to an exclusive Tuesday report by CNN legal analyst and Supreme Court biographer Joan Biskupic, multiple unnamed sources told the outlet that Justice Roberts, a sometimes conservative swing vote on the nation’s highest Court, had spent months trying to push the other conservative justices not to overturn Roe v. Wade in the crucial Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization case.

Chief Justice John Roberts privately lobbied his fellow conservatives to save the right to abortion until the end. An unprecedented leak sealed its fate https://t.co/Zemgs7bFFk

— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) July 26, 2022

“Multiple sources told CNN that Roberts’ overtures this spring, particularly to Kavanaugh, raised fears among conservatives

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