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    Posts Misattribute Phrase ‘Domestic Supply of Infants’ in Draft Opinion on Abortion

    by Saranac Hale Spencer May 12, 2022 3 minutes

    Quick Take

    In a footnote of a draft opinion on abortion access, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito quoted from a 2008 government report on the demand for adoption in the U.S., which used the phrase, “domestic supply of infants.” Posts on social media critical of the opinion have misleadingly suggested that Alito himself came up with the phrase.

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    The leaked draft of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito’s opinion overturning Roe v. has generated or misleading claims online since Politico the draft on May 2.

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