12 GOP Governors Ask Supreme Court to Overturn Roe v. Wade
Twelve Republican governors urged the Supreme Court on Thursday to overturn the 1973 Roe v. Wade landmark ruling, in a major case related to an abortion law in Mississippi.
“The Court’s decisions in Roe and Casey are prime examples of invading an area that has not been committed to the Federal Government and remains reserved to the States,” the amicus brief (pdf) stated, referring to Roe as well as the 1992 Planned Parenthood v. Casey decision.
It later adds, “Rather than creating a federal constitutional right, the Court should leave regulating abortion to the States, where the people may act through the democratic process. This Court should hold as much and in the process, help restore the constitutional (but currently disrupted) balance between the Federal Government and the States.”
The involves a challenge to a Mississippi law banning abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy.
The State of Mississippi in 2018 enacted the Gestational Age Act, a state law prohibiting abortion after 15 weeks’ gestation, except in cases of medical emergency. The Jackson Women’s Health Organization, an abortion clinic in Jackson, Miss., sued on the grounds that the law violates the viability standard established by Planned Parenthood v. Casey. The Fifth Circuit Court affirmed the district court’s decision on these grounds.
“The Constitution preserves the rights of the states by specifically enumerating the authority granted to the federal government,” said Ducey in a press release. “Unfortunately, almost 50 years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court decided to ignore the Constitution and created policy which has led to the over-politicization of this issue for decades.”
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On Tuesday, the Charlotte Lozier Institute unveiled a study analyzing abortion laws across Europe ahead of Thursday’s deadline for amicus brief filings for the upcoming
Dobbs vs. Jackson Women’s Health Organization Supreme Court case, which could ban nearly all abortions in Mississippi after 15 weeks of pregnancy.
Dobbs came as a result of the Gestational Age Act, a piece of pro-life legislation introduced in 2018 to ban abortion in Mississippi after 15 weeks of pregnancy with exceptions only for severe fetal abnormalities and medical emergencies. The Act was shot down by lower courts before escalating to the Supreme Court, where the Court has agreed to hear the case.
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On Thursday, Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch filed a brief urging the Supreme Court of the United States to overturn both
Roe v. Wade and
Planned Parenthood v. Casey, two landmark Supreme Court decisions in 1973 and 1992, respectively, in a push for the Court to allow a ban on most abortion after 15 weeks in Mississippi.
The brief, written for
Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, is published on the Supreme Court’s website. The brief pertains specifically to Mississippi’s Gestational Age Act first introduced in 2018. The Gestational Age Act would ban abortion statewide in Mississippi in most circumstances after 15 weeks. The exceptions to this law are severe fetal abnormality or medical emergencies. The law was struck down by two lower courts, as it conflicts with abortion legislation like