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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. Meanwhile, the Court’s liberal minority emphasized the importance of staredecisis, arguing that the Court’s decisions should not be impacted by the changing membership of the Court.
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. They are not the only figures showing such selective outrage.
Sebelius ); the majority supports Mississippi in its ban on abortions after the 15th week of pregnancy. To uphold Roe , the court likely will require more than the usual arguments of staredecisis , the doctrine that the court should generally stand by its precedents. Hodges and the ObamaCare ruling in NFIB v.
Jackson Women’s Health Organization , a challenge to a Mississippi law that bans almost all abortions after the 15th week of pregnancy, that a majority of the court was ready and willing to roll back abortion rights. Instead, the court simply interpreted the two statutes at issue by looking primarily at the statutes’ text and structure.
Jackson Women’s Health Organization , the potentially momentous abortion case concerning a Mississippi law 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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