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Regulation? >> right. >> harris: lets get into that a little bit about -- it sounded like justice alito was talking almost like the irrelevance of a viability law. if you uphold the mississippi law will it be 12 weeks, 9 weeks. that came up several times. >> you are right. justice gorsuch at the end made that same point and i think look, viability, even though the court pressed on this many times, is simply not a standard that is stable because it will always be challenged by medical technology....

0 decisis analysis and i want to give you an opportunity to respond. >> the undue burden test is not at issue. that applies to regulations, not prohibitions. the state has conceded this is a prohibition. thats the title of this law is an act to prohibit abortion after 15 weeks and the only thing that is at issue in this case is the viability line. the viability line has been workable. the lower federal courts have applied it uniformly for 50 years, the fifth circuit had no difficulty striking do...