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Supreme Court Prepares For Abortion Case In Mississippi
The Supreme Court is now debating the future of abortion rights in the United States.
The Supreme Court is now debating the future of abortion rights in the United States.
The conservative majority may be set to overturn or severely restrict the effect of the historic Roe v. Wade decision, which legalized the contentious operation.
Since Brown v. Board of Education, the Mississippi Supreme Court has had possibly its most dramatic chance to reject its own decision.
A case pending in the court now provides that potential.
That may be because few social issues elicit as much emotional and political passion as the constitutional right to abortion, which has been the subject of countrywide judicial battles for over 50 years.
On Wednesday morning, the nine justices will hear a challenge to the government’s prohibition on abortions beyond 15 weeks of pregnancy.
The question is whether any state legislation that restricts elective abortions before a woman reaches the age of viability is unconstitutional.
In a daring move, Mississippi authorities have petitioned the Supreme Court to reverse the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, which…
