The Supreme Court’s newly leaked abortion decision, explained

TOPSHOT - Reproductive rights activists demonstrate in front of the Supreme Court in Washington, DC, on June 24, 2024. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP) (Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)

For the second time in two years, a major Supreme Court abortion decision leaked before the justices officially released it. This time, however, the most likely explanation is a clerical error by someone who manages the Court’s website.

Two years ago, an early draft of Justice Samuel Alito’s opinion in Dobbs v.