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The court’s three liberal justices — Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan — indicated they were skeptical that the Mississippi law should be upheld. 19thnews.org/2021/12/suprem…
Justice Amy Coney Barrett pointed to laws that allow people to terminate parental rights, and suggested that unintended pregnancy is no longer a great barrier for people because they can turn to adoption services. 19thnews.org/2021/12/suprem…
🧵The Supreme Court will hear arguments on Wednesday in a case that could end almost 50 years of guaranteed abortion rights. 19thnews.org/2021/11/suprem…
Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization examines the constitutionality of a law from Mississippi that would ban abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, with no exceptions for rape or incest. 19thnews.org/2021/11/aborti…
Both anti-abortion and abortion rights advocates believe that the court, which has a 6-3 conservative majority, may be receptive to Mississippi’s arguments. 19thnews.org/2021/11/suprem…
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The Supreme Court is hearing arguments this fall over the constitutionality of Mississippi’s 15-week abortion ban.
Some states are moving forward with even tighter restrictions, with a growing list banning abortion after six weeks. 🧵bit.ly/3uVmvsq
In May, Texas became the latest state to pass a six-week abortion ban.
In total, 13 states have passed these bans: Idaho, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Texas, Iowa, Missouri, Louisiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, South Carolina and Georgia. bit.ly/3uVmvsq
The six-week abortion bans directly violate Roe v. Wade, which guarantees the right to terminate a pregnancy up until the fetus can independently live outside the womb, usually around 23 weeks of pregnancy. bit.ly/3uVmvsq
- 165,000 women left the workforce, meaning they stopped looking for work altogether
- 355,000 men joined the workforce
- The U.S. economy is still short about 2 million women workers.
“We know that about one in four women who are unemployed right now have been looking for work for a year ... just imagine what that $15,000 ... could do if you had that sitting in the bank because you were paid what you were owed before this all happened.” cnbc.com/2021/05/05/ful…