Former Vice President Mike Pence on Thursday praised the draft opinion leaked earlier this week that signaled the Supreme Court could overturn Roe v. Wade, proclaiming “Roe must go.”
Pence acknowledged the leaked draft opinion, published by Politico on Monday, at a speech in South Carolina and he noted that it is not final.
“We will hope and pray that that draft opinion soon becomes the majority opinion of the Supreme Court of the United States,” Pence said to applause at the Carolina Pregnancy Center gala in Spartanburg.
The Supreme Court acknowledged Tuesday that the leaked document was authentic but said “it does not represent a decision by the Court or the final position of any member on the issues in the case.”
Pence called the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that upheld abortion as a Constitutional right misguided and said “the heartbreaking consequences of the Roe decision cannot be overstated.”
He claimed that the decision’s toll was “unprecedented in the history of mankind,” while referring to an “abortion industry” that he said profited from the suffering of “unborn babies.”
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