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Dec 1, 2021 · Dec 1 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday heard arguments in Washington centered on a Mississippi law banning abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy in a case that could lead to a...
Nov 24, 2021 · The law effectively bans abortion after six weeks and empowers individuals to bring suits against those who aid or abet prohibited abortions.
Mar 6, 2023 · The purpose of this contribution to Notes on Theological Ethics is to evaluate Dobbs and its legal implications in broader legal and social contexts. The first section will examine the evolution of US constitutional law on abortion from Roe to Dobbs.
Pro-choice activists say that state lawmakers across the country are trying to restrict abortion at a pace not seen in decades. So what will this mean for a decades-long fight over the issue in...
Mar 20, 2024 · Kamala Harris has made a big promise: If she is elected president, she will “restore reproductive freedom” – meaning Roe v. Wade, the landmark Supreme Court decision that gave women the fundamental...
From 1973 to 2022, Supreme Court rulings in Roe v. Wade (1973) and Planned Parenthood v. Casey (1992) created, and maintained, federal protections for a pregnant woman's right to get an abortion, ensuring that states could not ban abortion prior to the point at which a fetus may be deemed viable.
In the US, despite nearly 50 years of having a constitutionally protected right to abortion, women now face an array of current and pending restrictions in about half of the fifty states. A case before the Supreme Court promises to upend that constitutional right.
