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Think that the case is wrong. and i guess what strikes me when i look at this case is that, you know, not much has changed since roe and casey. that people think that it's right or wrong, based on the things that they have always thought it was right or wrong for. so the rationale behind those cases has something to do with the autonomy and the freedom and the dignity of women to pursue their lives as they wish. to protect their bodily integrity. to make the decisions that are most fundamental to the course of their lives. and always in those cases, there was an understanding that there were i...

Like this, mr. chief justice. >> may i finish my inquiry? >> of course, justice sotomayor. >> virtually every state defines a brain death as death, yet the literature is filled with episodes of people who are completely and utterly brain dead responding to stimuli. there is about 40% of dead people, who if you touch their feet, the foot will recoil. there are spontaneous acts by dead brain people. so i don't think that a response by a fetus necessarily proves that there's a sensation of pain or that there's consciousness. so i go back to my question of, what has changed in science to

Mississippi, who elect abortions before viability, they are put at a tremendously greater risk of medical complications and ending their life. 14 times greater to give birth to a child full term than it is to have an abortion before viability. and now the state is saying to these women, we can choose not only to until lyphysically comp your existence, put you at medical risk, make you poorer, because we believe what? that -- >> sure, your honor. i think to answer, i think the question i think you led with and then i think expanded on, but is still on the same issue is, as to when does a woman'...

Say. >> really? >> yeah. they used to be more polite. i have to say, the court over the last few years has gotten a bit more sharp in their questioning. and even sometimes to each other, and making digs at each other. that's an unfortunate trend. but i think for the most part, you'll hear a respectful discussion of the issues between the advocates and the court. maybe the most important thing to think about is when the justices are asking a question, they're not necessarily wanting to hear the answer from the advocate. they're making a point to one of the other justices. and so you as the advo...

On here. >> may i ask you a question about starry desigh sis? your colleagues on the other side have emphasized casey rejected roe's trimester framework and replaced it with an undue burden standard. they argue the undue burden standard was not well-known to the law before that. and then they argue that the undue burden standard has evolved over time too in ways the court has found difficult to agree upon. in hellerstat they point out in briefs the court seems to suggest the court should consider both the benefits and the burdens imposed with the restriction. the court splintered on that same ...