WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 28: A view of the U.S. Supreme Court on June 28, 2021 in Washington, DC. The Supreme Court issued orders for next term on Monday, but no opinions in argued cases. Five rulings in argued cases remain for this week, before the Court wraps up their term and heads for a summer recess. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">TSR Politics: Mississippi’s attorney general asked the Supreme Court today to overturn the landmark case Roe v. Wade, which would bar most abortions after 15 weeks.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Attorney General Lynn Fitch told the justices that Roe v. Wade was “egregiously wrong” and should be overturned, according to <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/22/politics/mississippi-roe-v-wade-abortion/index.html">CNN.</a> Roe v. Wade is the 1973 Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion nationwide.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;The conclusion that abortion is a constitutional right has no basis in text, structure, history, or tradition&#8221; Fitch told the justices in a new brief. She added that the case for overruling Roe is &#8220;overwhelming.&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This is probably the most shocking proposal to radically change abortion laws in the country amid a series of efforts across a number of conservative states that have passed restrtictive <a href="https://dev.theshaderoom.com/texas-governor-greg-abbott-formally-signs-abortion-bill-into-law-banning-abortions-as-early-as-six-weeks/">abortion-related legislation</a> in an effort to curb the constitutional right.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The justices reportedly deliberated for months on whether to take up Mississippi’s case. Oral arguments will likely be heard in the late fall or early winter with a decision expected by next June ahead of the midterm elections.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Mississippi&#8217;s Gestational Age Act, passed in 2018 but blocked by two federal courts, allows abortion after 15 weeks &#8220;only in medical emergencies or for severe fetal abnormality&#8221; with no exception for rape or incest. If doctors perform abortions outside the parameters of the law, they will have their medical license suspended or revoked and may be subject to additional penalties and fines.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A district court blocked the law in a decision affirmed by a federal appeals court.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;In an unbroken line dating to Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court&#8217;s abortion cases have established (and affirmed and re-affirmed) a woman&#8217;s right to choose an abortion before viability,&#8221; a panel of judges on the 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals said in December of 2019. &#8220;States may regulate abortion procedures prior to viability so long as they do not ban abortions.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We’ll keep you posted on any updates in this case.</span></p>
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