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Roe v. Wade quite like this one.
Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization came after a challenge against the Mississippi law that banned abortion after 15 weeks. The State of Mississippi asked the Supreme Court to overturn
Roe v. Wade and allow for individual states to ban abortion after the judicially created viability point that has been cited in the past.
One of the prominent reasons
Roe v. Wade has been able to remain law for decades is a legal precedent called
stare decisis. ACLJ Senior Counsel Andy Ekonomou explains how
stare decisis is not a bar for the Supreme Court to use to come out with the right decision in
Mississippi’s Attorney General Lynn Fitch has just filed a brief asking the Supreme Court to overturn
Roe v. Wade and allow for individual states to determine the options for life and abortion. The case,
Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, is related to a Mississippi law that was enacted to ban abortions after 15-weeks.
Of course, lower courts struck down the law citing Supreme Court precedents. So, Mississippi asked the Supreme Court to intervene and hear the case. The ACLJ joined Mississippi and filed an amicus brief in order to encourage the Court to hear the case and put the Constitution before the misguided pro-abortion precedents. The Court agreed to do so and will hear this case this fall.