the nearly 50-year-old decision of roe vs. wade, which said a woman s right to an abortion, up until fetal viability, is protected by the u.s. constitution. the case the high court will hear, dobbs vs. jackson women s health organization, essentially outlaws abortion after 15 weeks, much sooner than what is established in roe. noting this case is significant, the new york times describes it as, quote, setting the stage for what could be the most consequential abortion rights ruling in decades. the times adds, quote, if the justices were to approve the law, roe s viability standard would no longer be the law of the land, unquote. the clinic at the center of this case is the only abortion clinic left in mississippi, the only abortion clinic left in mississippi. and another piece in the times explores the challenges currently faced by the doctors and patients there. from that reporting, quote, although the jackson clinic s survival hangs in the balance, it has never been busier. in
weeks as the threshold we know at least 95% of abortions are performed before that 24-week mark. if this ban at abortion at 15 weeks happens, how likely is it that we could see the argument to draw the line even sooner? i think that s precisely the question that dobbs poses here because ever since justice blackman wrote the decision in roe vs. wade, which establishes the viability standard, the complaint has been, viability is a moving target. is it 24 weeks? is it 22 weeks? could medical science advance further? in dobbs, though, the argument is a little bit different, and the state of mississippi, which originally didn t ask for an outright reversal of roe subsequently made a filing where they said we think roe is ripe
issue because this is not for years thrk pro-life movement tries to tweak roe v. wade, almost use it against itself, using the viability standard to try to ban early term abortions. but what we have seen out of texas and other states totally turned roe on the head, the six-woon ban throws out the viability standard. the second standard is this undue burden. that is part and parcel of roe and casey that the state must not put an undue burden on a woman. what texas has done in allowing someone to sue somebody is an undue burden. this court is going to have to consider whether they allow the full rewrite of roe v. wade or not. this is not tweaking it around the edges. all eyes will be on the abortion issue. yesterday, thousands of people marched across the country in support of abortion rights. in protest of texas
these issues. or not even confused. they re ambivalent. they re strongly pro-choice. they support roe v. wade. they re also uncomfortable with abortions third trimester. end of the second and beginning of the third trimester. so the plan here is to essentially try to replace the viability standard. and start marching it backwards. time. and start marching it backwards and use the idea of fetal pain as a kind of new substitute scientific standard which will allow them, again, to kind of push the limits back further and further and also to, you know, further make people uncomfortable with abortion. terry o neill. president of national organization of women, michelle goldberg from newsweek and the daily beast. today congress heard from chief of the central security service and commander of the u.s. cyber command. this guy. that s right. this one. all three titles. introducing general keith alexander, next. vestor. when you do what i do, you think about risk. i don t li
of democratic accountability for the status quo, that kind of democratic support for the status quo is absent in the political calculations. yes and no. it is complicated on later abortions. so people are confused about these issues. or not even confused. they re ambivalent. they re strongly pro-choice. they support roe v. wade. they re also uncomfortable with abortions third trimester. end of the second and beginning of the third trimester. so the plan here is to essentially try to replace the viability standard. and start marching it backwards. time. and start marching it backwards and use the idea of fetal pain as a kind of new substitute scientific standard which will allow them, again, to kind of push the limits back further and further and also to, you know, further make people uncomfortable with abortion. terry o neill. michelle goldberg from newsweek and the daily beast. today congress heard from chief of the central security service and commander of the u