Alito's draft opinion overturning Roe is still the only one circulated inside Supreme Court
The leaked opinion draft is evidently the only draft now and Roberts could get the votes for a weaker opinion
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/05/11/alito-abortion-draft-opinion-roe-00031648
The Supreme Court is set to gather Thursday for the first time since the disclosure that it voted to overturn Roe v. Wade, and theres no sign that the court is changing course from issuing that ruling by the end of June.
Justice Samuel Alitos sweeping and blunt draft majority opinion from February overturning Roe remains the courts only circulated draft in the pending Mississippi abortion case, POLITICO has learned, and none of the conservative justices who initially sided with Alito have to date switched their votes. No dissenting draft opinions have circulated from any justice, including the three liberals.....
Roberts could still try to lobby one of the five Republican-appointed justices to withdraw their support from Alito and sign onto a more centrist opinion that doesnt formally overturn Roe, but instead upholds Mississippis 15-week cut off for performing most abortions. Such a move would deprive Alito of a majority and could maintain some federal guarantee of abortion rights, although precisely what regulations states could impose on abortion under such a scenario remains murky......
There does seem to be some bitterness among the other justices, said Curt Levey, a conservative attorney and veteran of several Supreme Court confirmation battles. There probably was a time when Roberts couldve convinced one of the other conservative justices [in the pending abortion case.] He might well have succeeded in that a few years ago
Maybe this is the ultimate payback that in the most controversial of all cases and the biggest threat to the legitimacy of the court that he no longer has the persuasive power.