The lawsuit argues that the threat of civil lawsuit or the “private enforcement” section of the ordinance is currently preventing health center staff from performing abortions.
May 18, 2021
This will be the first major abortion case since Donald Trump appointed three conservatives to the court.
TeeRoy s 2 Cents:
Abortion continues to be a hot-button issue in the U.S.
It ll be interesting to see if the conservative judges Trump picked tow the party line.
How you feel about abortion often depends on how you were brought up.
This will be the first major abortion case to head to the court since Donald Trump appointed three conservatives the nation s highest court, including his latest pick, Justice Amy Coney Barrett.
The Supreme Court will hear Dobbs versus Jackson Women s Health Organization, 19-1392 in October, but isn t likely to make a decision until June 2022. The case involves a Mississippi abortion law that prohibits abortions after 15 weeks. It was later blocked by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. (CNBC)
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In Dobbs v. Jackson Women s Health Organization, the court will consider a 2018 Mississippi law that forbids abortions after 15 weeks on the grounds that a fetus at that stage is viable outside the womb. Jackson Women s Health Organization successfully argued to the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that a fetus is not viable at 15 weeks and the court blocked the law.
The Supreme Court will now decide whether all pre-viability prohibitions on elective abortions are unconstitutional. If the court upholds the law, it could open the door for other states to introduce strict restrictions on abortion.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) on Wednesday signed legislation that would ban virtually all abortions after a fetal heartbeat is detected, joining other Republican-led states that have set up legal challenges to the 1973 Supreme Court decision granting a woman’s right to seek an abortion.
The measure Abbott signed would allow most private citizens to sue an abortion provider if they suspect the provider has violated the new ban.
“Our creator endowed us with the right to life, and yet millions of children lose their right to life every year because of abortion. In Texas, we work to save those lives,” Abbott said in a private bill-signing ceremony Wednesday morning.