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Justice Samuel Alito, who wrote the opinion overturning Roe v. Wade, retires

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− By NPR Staff Enlarge this image Samuel Corum/AFP via Getty Images Samuel Corum/AFP via Getty Images Editor's note: Earlier today, we erroneously published a story saying that Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito was retiring.

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+ Supreme Court Samuel Corum/AFP via Getty Images hide caption The U.S. Supreme Court Editor's note: Earlier today, we erroneously published a story saying that Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito was retiring.

Neither Alito nor the court's public information office has announced his retirement, and we have retracted the story.

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