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Unborn girls life when she just barely can survive outside the womb, but not a day earlier, when she needs just a little help. that is the world under roe and casey. that is not the world the constitution promises. the constitution places its trust in the people. on hard issue after hard issue, the people make this country work. abortion is a hard issue. it demands the best from all of us, not just a few of us. when an issue affects everyone and the constitution does not take sides on it, it bel...

Like this, mr. chief justice. >> may i finish my inquiry? >> of course, justice sotomayor. >> virtually every state defines a brain death as death, yet the literature is filled with episodes of people who are completely and utterly brain dead responding to stimuli. there is about 40% of dead people, who if you touch their feet, the foot will recoil. there are spontaneous acts by dead brain people. so i dont think that a response by a fetus necessarily proves that theres a sensation of pain or th...

Cocaine during pregnancy. and her case was post-viability, so it doesnt fit in the facts of this case. if she had ingested cocaine pre-viability, and had the same negative consequences to her child, do you think the state had an interest in enforcing that law against her? >> the state may have, your honor. the state can certainly regular utility to serve its interests and fetal life and in womens health. those particular laws tend to undermine both of those interests, because they deter women fr...

>> thats the point. isnt that -- isnt that the point? >> that theres a diversity of views and people can vigorously debate and make -- >> exactly. and thats what were still doing -- thats what were doing under undue burden, but we havent been doing it on the viability line. >> and neither one has worked well. the viability line discounts and disregards state interests and the undue burden standard has all of the problems -- >> how is your interest anything but a religious view? the issue of when...

Mississippi, who elect abortions before viability, they are put at a tremendously greater risk of medical complications and ending their life. 14 times greater to give birth to a child full term than it is to have an abortion before viability. and now the state is saying to these women, we can choose not only to until lyphysically comp your existence, put you at medical risk, make you poorer, because we believe what? that -- >> sure, your honor. i think to answer, i think the question i think yo...

Of criminal child neglect. i understand your argument is about abortion. i am trying to look at the issue of bodily autonomy. and whether or not she has a right, autonomy. in the case of ingesting an illegal substance and causing harm to a previability fetus. >> of course those issues arent posed in this case. again, i would say the states can regulate throughout pregnancy both before and after viability to preserve fetal life and preserve the womans health. the court has said there are other co...

Could not renounce. the question then is not whether roe should be overturned, but whether casey was egregiously wrong to adhere to roes central holding. second, casey and roe were correct. for a state to take control of a womans body and demand that she go through pregnancy and childbirth with all the physical risks and life-altering consequences that brings is a fundamental deprivation of her liberty. preserving a womans right to make this decision until viability protects her liberty while lo...

0 say. >> really? >> yeah. they used to be more polite. i have to say, the court over the last few years has gotten a bit more sharp in their questioning. and even sometimes to each other, and making digs at each other. thats an unfortunate trend. but i think for the most part, youll hear a respectful discussion of the issues between the advocates and the court. maybe the most important thing to think about is when the justices are asking a question, theyre not necessarily wanting to hear the an...