and planned parenthood versus casey haunt our country. they have no basis in the constitution. they have no home in our history or traditions. they have damaged the democratic process. they have poisoned the law. they've choked off compromise. for 50 years, they've kept this court at the center of a political battle that it can never resolve. and 50 years on, they stand alone. nowhere else does this court recognize a right to end a human life. consider this case. the mississippi law here prohibits abortions after 15 weeks. the law includes robust exceptions for a woman's life and health. it leaves months to obtain an abortion. yet the court below struck the law down. it didn't matter that the law -- that the law applies when an unborn child is undeniably human, when risks to women surge, and when the common abortion procedure is brutal. the lower courts held that because the law prohibits abortions before viability, it is unconstitutional, no matter what. roe and casey's core holding, according to those courts, is that the people can protect an