Roe leak: McConnell and Schumer spar over draft Supreme Court opinion

Published May 3, 2022 11:45pm ET



Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) are trading blows over the leaked draft of a Supreme Court opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade.

Top Republicans, including McConnell, have argued that the unprecedented leak is problematic and part of a Democratic pressure campaign to get justices to change their votes. Democrats counter that the GOP is using the leak as a diversion to avoid discussing what the conservative majority is doing with regard to abortion.

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