ABC: ‘Shockwaves’ as Alito Heaps ‘Scorn’ and Prepares to ‘Upend’ ‘Lives of Women’

Journalists at Good Morning AmericaOn Tuesday, people were in complete panic mode after the leak of an apparently draft opinion that showed the Supreme Court would overturn Roe V. Wade. They warned of the “shockwaves” and efforts by Court conservatives to “upend” the “lives of women.” 

Senior legal analyst Terry Moran huffed about the “scorn” Justice Samuel Alito was inflicting on Roe vs. Wade: “This draft’s language is harsh and at times insulting to the landmark abortion decision..” 

Co-host Robin Roberts began with the “shockwave” and then sputtered, “Are they going to overturn a nearly 50-year-old precedent established by Roe vs. Wade?” This became a reoccurring theme as Moran worried about the fall of “50 years of constitutional law and profoundly transforming the lives of women in the United States.” 

The show featured no labels in the entire two hours for the liberal Supreme Court justices, but Moran again warned of “five conservative justices have voted to overturn Roe vs. Wade and nearly 50 years of abortion rights precedent.” 

He did it again at 8AM. 

If the item is genuine [the leak]It means that the majority of conservatives on this court are poised to uphold Roe vs. Wade, and reverse what women in America have known for 50 years to be their constitutional fundamental right. 

If the leak proves to be accurate and final, journalists will likely lash out at the notion that this could be decided by states. If fairness and objectivity weren’t already dead, the apocalyptic response by journalists will show just how lifeless the concept really is. 

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Below are transcripts. Click “expand” to read more. 

Good Morning America
5/3/2022
7 AM 

ROBIN ROBERTS. This Tuesday morning, the Supreme Court leaked an extraordinary document that sent shockwaves throughout the abortion rights debate. A draft Supreme Court opinion emerged overnight. Is it possible that they will overturn the nearly 50-year-old Roe v. Wade precedent? Justice Alito called the ruling “Egregiously incorrect from the beginning.” This morning’s reaction and the impact it will have on abortion rights in America. 

7:02

GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS: We’re going to get right to that major breaking news, unprecedented leak of a draft Supreme Court opinion apparently showing five justices trying to overturn Roe V. Wade, the landmark 1973 decision that laid the foundation for abortion rights.   

ROBERTS. Witnesses were seen lining up outside the court over the night after the report was published. This story is being covered by a team and Terry Moran, our national correspondent, starts us there at the Supreme Court. Terry, good morning. 

GOOD MORNING, Robin. This is a shocking leak out of the Supreme Court, a breach of traditions of confidentiality and secrecy and trust and if this draft opinion is authentic —  and while ABC News hasn’t independently confirmed it, it does look like the real thing —  It means that the conservative justices here are poised to overturn Roe v. Wade and 50 years of constitutional law and profoundly transforming the lives of women in the United States. After an unpredicted leak, tensions flared overnight outside of the country’s top court. 

[Crowd chanting ] 

MORAN: This is an apparent draft of a Supreme Court that Politico has obtained. According to the document, it was obtained by Politico on February 10. It appears that five conservative justices decided to repeal Roe Vs. Wade. This would have nearly fifty years worth precedent for abortion rights. Justice Samuel Alito appears to have written the draft opinion. The draft opinion was not to be made public. Although not final, it would retain Mississippi’s ban of abortion after fifteen weeks. Additionally it would explicitly repeal Roe vs. Wade (and the 1992 case that confirmed it), Planned parenthood. It is often sarcastic and blunt in its remembrance of the historic decision which protected women’s rights to abortion. 

Justice Alito apparently writing that, Roe “was egregiously wrong from the start.” He calls it an “abuse of judicial authority” and adds, “It is time to heed the Constitution and return the issue of abortion to the people’s elected representatives.” Abortion rights groups including Planned Parenthood sharply criticized this leaked opinion but reminded a woman, “it’s 
outrageous it’s unprecedented but it is not final, abortion is your right and it is still legal.” And Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi issuing a joint statement declaring that justices like Brett Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch, quote, “lied to the Senate, ripped up the Constitution and defiled both precedent and the Supreme Court’s reputation. 

WOMAN: This is not what they are going to do! It doesn’t matter what I do, America is not going to allow this! There are many of us, more than them. We will fight for our rights!

MORAN: The shocking report comes after five states passed strict restrictions and broad bans. They are ready to cut off care immediately. Thirteen states also have trigger laws that would allow abortion to be outlawed immediately if Roe is overturned by the Court. Their triumph is tangible for anti-abortion activists. 

TEENAGE GIRL AT THE SUPREME Court: We’re so happy to see the Supreme Court reverse Roe and put this terrible decision back in the history books. 

MORAN It seems that the conservatives may be ready to overturn Roe. George. 

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8:02: 

MORAN: It is genuine [the leak]It means that the majority of conservatives on this court are poised to uphold Roe vs. Wade, and reverse what women in America have known for 50 years to be their constitutional fundamental right. 

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