# Who leaked the draft abortion decision? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [May 4, 2022, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-leaked-the-draft-abortion-decision/963910 "2022-05-04T00:45:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 146
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2022, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-leaked-the-draft-abortion-decision/963910/146 "2022-05-05T06:10:07Z")
What I posted a few hours ago in the NSRIOTD thread, but fits better here: > [@NEW Stupid Republican Idea of the Day (Part 2)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1820): > > There is also an opinion kicking around in the media, speculating that a die-hard conservative staffer leaked it. The logic is something like this: The opinion was supposed to be still a secret, circulating internally among the justices for further debate and perhaps modification. There is some chance that a more moderate Repub on the court (read: Roberts) could get them to water it down a bit before they release it. By leaking this hard-nosed hard-right opinion now in its current form, it … Includes link to HuffPost article discussing 4 speculative theories of who leaked, that are making the rounds: > **[Who Leaked The Supreme Court Draft? Here Are 4 Theories](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/supreme-court-roe-v-wade-leak_n_6271a2b0e4b01131b1285f02)** > > Did a liberal law clerk do it? Or a conservative? What about John Roberts? Or was it just left in the printer? --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-leaked-the-draft-abortion-decision/963910)._