Tomorrow morning the U.S. Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments as to whether all pre-viability prohibitions on abortion are unconstitutional—putting Roe v. Wade at risk. 
The Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health hearing stems from Mississippi lawmakers and Governor Tate Reeves pushing for highly restrictive abortion bans. The audio of the hearing will be streamed live on the Court’s site: supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments…
Mississippi, a state with only one abortion clinic, passed a 15-week abortion ban in March 2018; however, the very next day, it was temporarily blocked after the Center for Reproductive Rights filed a lawsuit.
In November 2018, the law was struck down by a federal district court judge, but a month later, the state filed to appeal the decision to the Fifth Circuit of Appeals.
In December 2019, the Fifth Circuit upheld the lower court’s decision to strike down the law, but Mississippi didn’t back down. Soon after, the state passed a 6-week ban on abortion.
The Center for Reproductive Rights again filed a lawsuit against Mississippi asking a federal district court to block the law before it took effect on July 1.
The court struck down the law, and the state again appealed to the Fifth Circuit. In February 2020, the Fifth Circuit upheld the lower court’s decision.
Mississippi decided to be consistent and pushed further. The state requested the Supreme Court review the lawsuit filed against it by the Center for Reproductive Rights and their colleagues. In May 2021, the request was granted.
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