The potential silver lining for supporters of abortion right

The potential silver lining for supporters of abortion rights


The potential silver lining for supporters of abortion rights
Mary Ziegler
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On Monday, the Supreme Court justices said they would hear a Mississippi abortion case that challenges Roe v. Wade. Arguments are expected to be made in October.
The Supreme Court agreed this week to hear the most significant abortion case in decades, and abortion-rights supporters are panicking.
Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health involves a Mississippi law banning abortion at or after 15 weeks of pregnancy, with exceptions for some medical emergencies and severe fetal abnormalities. Most abortions — over 92 percent, according to the most recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — occur in the first trimester, and if the Mississippi law is allowed to stand, those wouldn’t be blocked. But pro-choice Americans have reason to be concerned. To uphold Mississippi’s law, the court’s conservative six-justice majority would have to overturn at least part of Roe v. Wade and the abortion-rights cases that followed it. That’s because Roe recognized a right to choose abortion before fetal viability — the point at which survival outside the womb is possible — which is usually somewhere between 22 and 24 weeks. Because Mississippi’s ban would kick in much earlier, the court will be able to uphold it only by eliminating Roe’s language about fetal viability or by reversing Roe altogether.

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