Supreme Court to hear restrictive Mississippi abortion law on December 1

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Source: CNN

Just in: Supreme Court will hear direct challenge to Roe v. Wade in Mississippi case on December 1.

Supreme Court to hear restrictive Mississippi abortion law on December 1

By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter

Updated 12:29 PM ET, Mon September 20, 2021

Washington (CNN) -- The Supreme Court will hear a case concerning a Mississippi abortion law on December 1, the court announced on Monday, teeing up one of the most substantial cases of the term in which the justices are being asked to overturn Roe v. Wade.

Mississippi's Gestational Age Act, passed in 2018 but blocked by two federal courts, allows abortion after 15 weeks "only in medical emergencies or for severe fetal abnormality" and has no exception for rape or incest. If doctors perform abortions outside the parameters of the law they will have their medical licenses suspended or revoked and may be subject to additional penalties and fines.

Roe v. Wade is the 1973 landmark Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion nationwide prior to viability, which can occur at around 24 weeks of pregnancy.

In a brief filed in July, Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch, a Republican, argued that Roe v. Wade was "egregiously wrong" and should be overturned.

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Just in: Supreme Court will hear direct challenge to Roe v. Wade in Mississippi case on December 1.

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[mahatmakanejeeves]

1. Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, the term's big abortion case, will be argued Dec. 1.

NEW: The Supreme Court just released its December argument calendar. Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, the term's big abortion case, will be argued Dec. 1.

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#SCOTUS will hear oral argument in Mississippi abortion case challenging Roe v. Wade on Dec. 1. Full December argument calendar is here: https://supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_calendars/MonthlyArgumentCalDecember2021.pdf

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[Hekate]

2. Ah, so this is The Big One, as we say of earthquakes

[AZLD4Candidate]

3. Ladies, start stocking up on wire hangers. "Your body, your choice" and Roe v Wade is not on

life support. The SCOTUS, with this make up, will destroy and overturn it.

[DallasNE]

4. This Was Telegraphed

When SCOTUS refused to stop the Texas law from going into effect. Indeed, I predicted this. The court will uphold the Mississippi law and then there will be a rush to enact the Texas 6 week ban. SCOTUS will then take up the Texas law and let stand the 6 week provision but strike down the other aspects of the Texas law. I wonder how Susan Collins feels now?

[qazplm135]

6. Susan doesn't care

She has to pretend to care to get elected.

[LiberatedUSA]

8. She is enjoying her cushy job. N/t

[BradAllison]

11. Susan Collins is anti choice

Why would she have ever cared?

[BigmanPigman]

5. Two words...WOMEN'S MARCH 2021 (100s of cities)

Women's March Oct 2, 2021 protests and events announced
Check out the map for an event near you, more are being added rapidly.

https://map.womensmarch.com/?source=website

On October 2, we’re going to send the Supreme Court and lawmakers across the country a clear, unified message. The attack on our reproductive rights will not be tolerated.

https://womensmarch.com/mobilize

Abortion has never been fully accessible, but we are at the risk of losing our reproductive freedom completely. The call to action is clear, and urgent. The relentless attacks from Texas to Mississippi are ramping up quickly. Anti-choice extremists have a deep desire to return to a time when there was more clear and effective domination and control over queer and trans folks, women, and people of color; they want to revive those old values and societal norms to the point of re-acceptance. The authoritarian agenda of reproductive control is fueled by misogyny and racism - and we must challenge it, together.

On October 2, we're marching in every single state ahead of the Supreme Court reconvening on October 4. Women's March and more than 90 other organizations, including National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health, Planned Parenthood, SHERO Mississippi, Mississippi in Action, Access Reproductive Care-Southeast, The Frontline, Working Families Party, and SisterSong, are organizing a national call to mobilize and defend our reproductive rights.

The first Women's March 2017 was the largest protest in our History. Let's make this one even bigger.
On October 2, we're marching in every single state ahead of the Supreme Court reconvening on October 4.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Women's_March

[Polybius]

9. I can't see how a march would sway a sitting Supreme Court Justice's opinion

We'll see though.

[OneCrazyDiamond]

12. I think it works on Roberts.

I think he is more concerned about his legacy than anything.

[DallasNE]

14. Roberts Has Lost Control

It matters not whether the vote is 5-4 or 6-3. Thomas, Alito and the 3 Trump stooges are enough.

[flying_wahini]

15. Oh I am planning on it. Me and my girlfriends (old ladies) always show up.

Maybe more of the young ones will show up, now.

[Tomconroy]

7. They usually save announcing those really big decisions until June.

[BradAllison]

10. This is it everyone

Amy is going to fulfill her husband and Donald's destiny.

[in2herbs]

13. Will any decision rendered by the USSC be able to be enforced if RvW is enshrined into law

before that time???

[DallasNE]

17. Have To Kill The Filibuster First

I don't see how RvW can occur under budget reconciliation.

[flying_wahini]

16. I will be contacting every woman I know. I wouldn't be surprised if the abortion issue

Prods some Republican women to join us, too.

[Buckeyeblue]

18. Symbolically, overturning Roe will irrevocably split the country

It will signal that civil rights are state issues, not federal issues. We will have a situation were someone can potentially be charged for murder in a state where the same action in another state is legal. And where that action in previous years was federally protected, in that same state.

I think the country has been irrevocably split for a while. Covid has really illustrated how fucked up part of the country really is.

[DallasNE]

19. I Doubt They Will Completely Overturn Roe v. Wade

They will just gut the key parts of the decision such as resetting the time limit to first trimester and removing exceptions for rape and incest. There is a whole body of law where other cases have chipped away at Roe v. Wade and I don't anticipate that they
will want to upset that applecart.