In the biggest challenge to abortion rights in half a century, the Supreme Court’s conservative majority Wednesday indicated they support upholding a restrictive Mississippi abortion law that bans abortion starting at 15 weeks of pregnancy. The ruling could undermine and possibly overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling legalizing abortion nationwide. The court with its 6-3 conservative majority heard about two hours of oral arguments.
Mississippi has a long history of trying to restrict abortion rights. In this statute, it banned abortion after 15 weeks. What is so striking about this statute is Mississippi didn’t even bother to come up with a fake science rationale for why 15 weeks was better than the viability standard. The statute itself simply says abortion after 15 weeks is barbaric. What is barbaric, in my opinion, is forced childbearing. So they randomly have picked a lower number and moved forward with that. In the almost 50-year history of Roe, lower
— source democracynow.org | Dec 02, 2021