Justices signal they'll OK new abortion limits, may toss Roe

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https://apnews.com/article/abortion-donald-trump-us-supreme-court-health-amy-coney-barrett-a3b5cf9621315e6c623dc80a790842d8

Justices signal they’ll OK new abortion limits, may toss Roe
By MARK SHERMAN and JESSICA GRESKO

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court’s conservative majority on Wednesday signaled it would uphold Mississippi’s 15-week ban on abortion and may go much further to overturn the nationwide right to abortion that has existed for nearly 50 years.

The fate of the court’s historic 1973 Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion throughout the United States and its 1992 ruling in Planned Parenthood v. Casey, which reaffirmed Roe, probably won’t be known until next June.

But after nearly two hours of arguments, all six conservative justices, including three appointed by former President Donald Trump, indicated they would uphold the Mississippi law.

At the very least, such a decision would undermine Roe and Casey, which allow states to regulate but not ban abortion up until the point of viability, at roughly 24 weeks.

And there was also substantial support among the conservative justices for getting rid of Roe and Casey altogether.

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1. They'll rule as their benefactors demand. Today was just putting lipstick on the pig.

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2. I listened to the whole

Thing.

I think some justices are set already. Others seriously were looking for reasoning and excuses they could use to overturn Roe. And I hate it when they interrupt the people standing before them. I don’t care if they already think they know what the respondent (or whatever they are called) is trying to say, I wish they would afford them the respect to finish their trains of thought.



I read somewhere that this won’t be decided now until some time in June 22. So, the candidates can campaign on something they have no control over. We needed to put this into law decades ago, darn it.