Monday, May 17, 2021

Supreme Court to Take Up Abortion Case

 The Supreme Court as agreed to take up an abortion case, as reported at Townhall.com by Reagan McCarthy entitled Breaking: Supreme Court to Take Up Major Abortion Case.

The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to hear a major abortion case, Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health, from Mississippi. The law in question, the Gestational Age Act, bans abortion after 15 weeks gestation, and the court will decide if these restrictions on pre-viability on elective abortions are unconstitutional. The high court will review a lower court decision that blocked the law from being enforced.
Note that this contrasts with Texas's bill, where a fetal heartbeat rather than a strict time limit is the criteria for limiting abortion.  I doubt we will ever see an absolute ban again, but it is nonetheless important to limit it as much as possible.

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