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Protesters speak out against abortion ban bills at the Georgia State Capitol building May 21, 2019 in Atlanta.
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The Supreme Court recently announced it will take up Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, a challenge to a Mississippi law that all but bans abortions after 15 weeks. It’s the first case in years that could result in the overturning of Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 ruling that, along with a companion case, Doe v. Bolton, legalized abortion on demand everywhere in the country.
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On Monday, the Supreme Court announced that it will hear arguments in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which involves a 15-week abortion ban in Mississippi. This marks the first time since the Court’s landmark 1973
Roe v. Wade decision that it will consider the constitutionality of a gestational-age limit on abortion.
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Unsurprisingly, the mainstream media spin machine went into overdrive after the news broke. One common refrain in much of the coverage has been that the ruling in
Roe enjoys broad public support. Articles from CNN, the
Roe v. Wade is popular with most Americans.
Protesters on both sides of the abortion issue gather in front of the U.S. Supreme Court building during the Right To Life March, on January 18, 2019, in Washington, D.C. The Right to Life Campaign held its annual March For Life rally and march to the U.S. Supreme Court protesting the high court s 1973 Roe v. Wade decision making abortion legal. | Mark Wilson/Getty Images
Pro-life activists are hopeful that the U.S. Supreme Court will take the opportunity to listen to scientific reasoning to overturn elements of
Roe v. Wade as the high court has agreed to hear a challenge to a Mississippi law banning abortions after 15 weeks of gestation.
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For the past six years, the Christian right endured a lot of entirely justified accusations of hypocrisy for backing Donald Trump through grab em by the pussy and Two Corinthians to Stormy Daniels for one major reason: so they could grab American women by their reproductive organs.
It s working out. Trump made good on his promise to stack the federal courts with judges that would overturn Roe v. Wade, including tilting the Supreme Court with three anti-choice justices: Brett Kavanaugh, Neil Gorsuch, and Amy Coney Barrett. Now the court, presumed to be 6-3 against abortion rights, has their chance to overturn Roe v. Wade in the form of Dobbs v. Jackson Women s Health Organization, a case about a 15-week ban on abortion in Mississippi that is