The justices, who will hear arguments on Monday in two cases challenging the state’s near-total ban, required the parties to file their briefs with extraordinary speed.
June 9, 2021
By Shannon Brewer
Ms. Brewer is the clinic director at Jackson Womenâs Health Organization, the only abortion clinic in Mississippi.
JACKSON, Miss. â I could see the pain on the patientâs face as soon as she walked through the door of the abortion clinic where I work. She was unbearably sick from pregnancy complications and had been in and out of the hospital for weeks. She had just driven almost 200 miles to reach us because there are so few abortion clinics in the South. Like most of the patients who come through my clinic, she thought sheâd be able to get an abortion that day.
Supreme Court to Hear Abortion Case Challenging Roe v. Wade
The case, arising from a Mississippi law that bans most abortions after 15 weeks, could undermine the constitutional right to abortion established in Roe v. Wade.
Activists demonstrating for and against abortion rights in front of the Mississippi State Capitol in 2019.Credit.Andrea Morales for The New York Times
May 17, 2021Updated 12:58 p.m. ET
WASHINGTON The Supreme Court on Monday said it would hear a case from Mississippi that could undermine Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that established a constitutional right to abortion.
The new case, concerning a state law that seeks to ban abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, will give the court’s new 6-to-3 majority its first opportunity to address the subject, and supporters of abortion rights reacted to the development with dismay.
The Supreme Court will hear a major abortion case.
Activists demonstrating for and against abortion rights in front of the Mississippi state capitol in Jackson, Miss. in 2019.Credit.Andrea Morales for The New York Times
May 17, 2021, 9:52 a.m. ET
The Supreme Court on Monday said it would hear a case from Mississippi challenging Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that established a constitutional right to abortion. The case will give the court’s new 6-to-3 conservative majority its first opportunity to weigh in on state laws restricting abortion.
The case, Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, No. 19- 1392, concerns a law enacted by the Republican-dominated Mississippi legislature that banned abortions if “the probable gestational age of the unborn human” was determined to be more than 15 weeks. The statute included narrow exceptions for medical emergencies or “a severe fetal abnormality.”
âA Great Sense of Inspirationâ: Anti-Abortion Activists Express Optimism
The Supreme Court on Monday said it would consider a case from Mississippi that would ban abortion after 15 weeks of gestation, a direct challenge to Roe v. Wade.
The Supreme Court announced on Monday morning that it would consider a case from Mississippi that would ban abortion after 15 weeks of gestation, with narrow exceptions. Credit.Stefani Reynolds for The New York Times
May 17, 2021, 1:26 p.m. ET
Anti-abortion activists across the country expressed optimism on Monday that they might be on the cusp of achieving a long-held goal of the movement: overturning Roe v. Wade, the 1973 Supreme Court decision that extended federal protections for abortion.