The only abortion clinic in Mississippi is warning the U.S. Supreme Court that overturning Roe v. Wade would diminish the court's credibility and lead to a national 'upheaval' with sweeping consequences for millions of American women.
"While Texas is circumventing Roe and the Constitution, Mississippi is openly asking the court to overturn Roe," said Nancy Northup, president and CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights, which is representing Jackson Women's Health and is leading the legal challenge against SB8 in Texas.
Eleven states have passed so-called"trigger laws" that would immediately ban all or nearly all abortions if Roe were overturned, according to theAt the heart of the Mississippi case is a delicate balance the court has attempted to strike in its decisions over the years between a woman's individual liberty and a state's interest in protecting an unborn fetus.
"Scientific advances show that an unborn child has taken on the human form and features months before viability. States should be able to act on those developments," the statein July."But Roe and Casey shackle states to a view of the facts that is decades out of date."
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