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However, in defending its controversial abortion law, the State of Mississippi has asked the Court to overturn its prior decisions in Roe v. Board of Education, in which the Court overruled precedent and established new constitutionallaw. Wade and Planned Parenthood v.
Jackson Women’s Health Organization, a challenge to the Mississippi abortion law. She said many abortion opponents, including the sponsors of the Mississippi abortion law at issue, hoped her three new colleagues would allow for the reversal or reduction of Roe v. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) Federal Election Commission.
Jackson Women’s Health Organization , the potentially momentous abortion case concerning a Mississippilaw banning abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy. Amicus briefs supporting Mississippi. Against staredecisis. Many amici focus on the principle of staredecisis – and urge the court not to follow it in this case.
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Sebelius ); the majority supports Mississippi in its ban on abortions after the 15th week of pregnancy. Indeed, the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a critic of Roe , seeing it as too sweeping in supplanting state laws. The Mississippilaw put the line along that earlier quickening stage.
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