The US Supreme Court accidentally leaked a major opinion on abortion rights, appearing raedy to overturn part of Idaho’s near-total ban.

According to a document published on the courts website then quickly removed, justices will rule that Idaho cannot deny emergency abortions to women whose health is in danger.

The court said the opinion, initially obtained by Bloomberg, was “inadvertently and briefly” published, and that its final decision had “not released” but would be presented in due course.

Its publication however comes two years after the leaking of the court’s decision to overturn the national right access, known as Roe v Wade.

Since then, a patchwork of abortion laws has been established as more conservative states, such as Idaho, restrict rights to the procedure.

The state is one of 14 banning abortion at all stages of pregnancy, with extremely limited exceptions.

The state’s attorneys have said that law, therefore, is not in conflict with federal law.

The court opinion on Idaho, which was published in full by Bloomberg, suggested that justices would rule 6-3 that it should not have become involved in the case so quickly.

Conservative justice Amy Coney Barrett, along with John Roberts and Brett Kavanaugh, wrote that the Supreme Court’s intervention was premature as position on the matter are “still evolving”.

The report added that the court would reinstate an order that permitted Idaho hospitals to perform emergency abortions to protect patient’s health.

If that is so, the case would continue at a federal appeals court.

Source:BBC