Supreme Court agrees to hear major Mississippi abortion case

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The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a challenge to a Mississippi law that bans nearly all abortions after the 15th week of pregnancy.

Why it matters: It will be the first abortion case to be argued before the Supreme Court since Justice Amy Coney Barrett was confirmed, potentially providing a pathway to challenging Roe v. Wade and allowing outright bans on abortion.

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[MiniMe]

1. 15 weeks seems awfully early

20 weeks seems more reasonable.

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3. Legislators practicing medicine seems awfully ridiculous

Letting people make their own medical decisions seems more reasonable, particularly when they can consult with actual medical professionals rather than misogynistic zealots.

[MiniMe]

5. very true

[IrishAfricanAmerican]

6. Exactly.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

7. This isn't about the number of weeks, it's about whether any pre-viability limit is

constitutional.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

2. This is really, really bad news.

The court's been sitting on this one for a while. The fact that they've picked it up is a bad sign.

The questions the justices will consider:

(1) Whether all pre-viability prohibitions on elective abortions are unconstitutional;

(2) whether the validity of a pre-viability law that protects women’s health, the dignity of unborn children and the integrity of the medical profession and society should be analyzed under Planned Parenthood v. Casey‘s “undue burden” standard or Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt‘s balancing of benefits and burdens; and

(3) whether abortion providers have third-party standing to invalidate a law that protects women’s health from the dangers of late-term abortions.

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4. Yep.

[Buckeyeblue]

8. It'll be interesting

It seems to me that the Roe precedent speaks to this case. So if the SC is going to hear it, they must this the precedent doesn't apply or needs further clarification. Or needs struck down.

The only good news is that it could prove to be a strong mid-term GOV motivator.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

10. Susan Sarandon and Jill Stein must be happy

Control of the SCOTUS and the future of Roe was on the ballot

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11. Could not help remembering the "purists" who would not vote for Hillary and stayed home

or worse, voted for Trump.

Hope they are happy.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

12. For this thread

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