A purported draft of a U.S. Supreme Court opinion that points to an overturn of Roe v. Wade has drawn mixed reactions from Texas leaders, per a report from The Hill, according to Austin NBC affiliate KXAN.
The website reported that another outlet, Politico, published the draft, which was supposedly authored by Justice Samuel Alito, one of the high court's conservative judges.
Texas Republicans lauded the text while Lone Star Democrats decried it.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton took to Twitter to reaffirm the conservative position that abortion is a matter that should be left up to the states.
"This is why I led a 24-state coalition in support of Mississippi's law banning them after 15 weeks," Paxton, a Republican, tweeted, as reported by The Hill and KXAN. "I’ll continue to ensure that Texas protects the unborn and pray for the end of abortion across our nation."
Though the draft has yet to be verified as of press time, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) still viewed it as a "nothing short of a massive victory for life," per his official Twitter account, the report said.
Cruz, however, still took issue with the leak.
"[An overturn] will save the lives of millions of innocent babies," the Republican junior senator, who formerly clerked with the Supreme Court, tweeted. "But while I continue to wait for the Supreme Court’s ultimate opinion, I am appalled by the shocking breach of trust posed by this leak.”
According to The Hill, KXAN reported, Texas Democratic gubernatorial candidate Beto O'Rourke tweeted that women should have autonomy toward their health and bodies.
“Every woman deserves the freedom to make their own decisions about their body, health care and future," O'Rourke, the challenger to incumbent Gov. Greg Abbott's quest to a third consecutive term, tweeted. "It’s never been more urgent to elect a governor who will always protect a woman’s right to abortion.”
Former state Sen. Wendy Davis, a Democrat, told MSNBC a probable overturn bears economic implications, according to the report.
“It’s not just about an individual and her family and what the impacts might be," Davis, who unsuccessfully ran for Texas governor in 2014, told the network. "It’s about the economic outfall that will occur.”