A political motion committee shaped by disaffected Republicans says a leaked Supreme Court docket opinion in assist of overturning federal abortion rights is a part of an authoritarian motion now dominating the GOP.

The Lincoln Venture issued the blistering assertion Tuesday, a day after the reported opinion confirmed the courtroom backs repealing the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling. Since being shaped to oppose the re-election of then-President Donald Trump, The Lincoln Venture has focused Republicans aligned with the previous president and sided towards the social gathering on tradition struggle points.

"The Lincoln Venture is becoming a member of forces with all People to battle the specter of authoritarianism," the group stated within the assertion. "Fashionable democracies hardly ever die at this time in violent coups. They die on the poll field and within the courtroom."

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Protesters in New York Metropolis maintain up cardboard cutouts of Supreme Court docket justices as residents take to the streets Tuesday in response to the leak of the courtroom's draft opinion in assist of overturning Roe v. Wade. BRYAN R. SMITH/Getty Pictures

The group stated within the assertion that if the leaked opinion, reportedly written by Justice Samuel Alito, is ultimate, it's going to be a part of "a protracted collection of 'roll again the clock' efforts by proper wing extremists." The assertion stated the choice "will take America again to a darkish interval when states may have the facility to impose the facility of the state over even survivors and victims of rape and incest."

The Lincoln Venture stated the leaked opinion is a part of a motion looking for to "take away particular person rights and freedoms which might be the cornerstones of a contemporary civil society." It additionally criticized Supreme Court docket justices for saying of their affirmation hearings that Roe v. Wade was settled legislation.

Calling them "Trump led autocrats," the group's assertion took purpose at Republican governors and legislators' efforts to move a variety of payments that critics say would ban books in colleges, undermine the rights of the LGBTQ neighborhood, in addition to making it tougher for low-income individuals and minority residents to vote.

"This is not going to cease until we cease it," the group stated in a press release. "Complacency is the surest path to defeat."

The Lincoln Venture was shaped by George Conway, Steve Schmidt, Rick Wilson and different dissident Republicans alarmed by Trump's dominance of the social gathering. The group has run adverts mocking Trump for his alleged corruption, incompetence and authoritarianism through the 2020 election.

Not too long ago, the group ran an advert calling out Home Minority Chief Kevin McCarthy for making conflicting feedback about whether or not Trump ought to've resigned following the January 6 siege of the U.S. Capitol.

In one other current advert, The Lincoln Venture referred to as on Supreme Court docket Justice Clarence Thomas to recuse himself from all circumstances involving January 6, following the revelation of textual content messages allegedly displaying his spouse, Virginia "Ginni" Thomas, pushing to get the 2020 presidential election outcomes overturned.

Newsweek has reached out to the Republican Nationwide Committee for remark.