Mon Nov 29, 2021 – 6:03 pm EST
WASHINGTON, D.C. (LifeSiteNews) – This is it. This week, the U.S. Supreme Court begins considering Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the case that will not only determine more than any other how much we should expect from our current crop of justices, but how we should view Donald Trump’s presidency and decades of pro-life legal strategy.
To recap, the case concerns Mississippi’s HB 1510 law banning abortions from being committed past 15 weeks for any reason other than physical medical emergencies or severe fetal abnormalities. The state is asking that the Court not only uphold the law, but take the opportunity to overturn the last half-century of abortion precedent and restore the rights to vote and legislate on the issue.
And this case is a perfect opportunity to do exactly that. While the other abortion case currently before the Court, concerning the Texas Heartbeat Act, hinges on process issues not directly related to abortion jurisprudence, Dobbs tackles head-on the viability line that supposedly makes some abortions a “fundamental right.”
With two-thirds of the Court having been appointed by the last three pro-life Republican presidents, following the recommendations
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