Wed Nov 24, 2021 – 12:39 pm ESTWed Nov 24, 2021 – 12:40 pm EST
(LifeSiteNews) — On December 1, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, a case which will determine whether or not abortion bans prior to fetal viability are considered constitutional. The Mississippi abortion law is a 15-week ban, and if the Court upholds the law, Roe v. Wade will either be gutted or dead.
Decades of political positioning, scores of court appointments, hundreds of millions of dollars, and an unfathomable amount of blood, sweat, and tears have brought us to this moment. The last time the Court ruled on Roe was in the 1992 case Planned Parenthood v. Casey, when Bush Sr. appointee David Souter served as the swing vote to uphold America’s abortion regime. Then-Senator Joe Biden purportedly wept with joy when he heard Roe was safe.
Millions of pro-lifers hope that this time will be different. Bush Sr. appointee Clarence Thomas and Bush Jr. appointee Samuel Alito seem certain to rule against Roe; there is desperate hope that Trump appointees Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett will join them. Chief Justice
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