It will review abortion legislation and consider Mississippi’s appeal to a lower court ruling, citing a decision by the Federal Supreme Court, which functions as a constitutional court in the United States.
Mississippi decided it up in 2018
Abortion after the fifteenth week of pregnancy would have been permitted only in health emergencies or cases involving serious fetal abnormalities.
However, federal judge Carlton Reeves repealed the law and an appeals court upheld the decision. Mississippi then appealed the decision, asserting that the ban was intended to protect the health of the mother and the life of the fetus.
America cannot be a civilized human society if its courts prevent lawmakers from imposing reasonable restrictions on the loss of innocent lives.
Said Lyn Fitch, Mississippi State Attorney. The southern state has a separate abortion law that prohibits abortion after the 20th week.
Since case law exists in the United States, the Supreme Court review will also provide an opportunity to take a closer look at the so-called Roe / Wade decision, which has been an example for decades. On January 22, 1973, the Supreme Court ruled that under Annex 14 of the Constitution, the prohibition of abortion was declared unconstitutional in the first three months, citing the right to privacy, i.e.
Since then, no country has been able to deny women safe legal abortions in the first trimester of pregnancy.
The Supreme Court will begin hearings on the case in October. This will be the first abortion case before the committee since Conservative Judge Amy Connie Barrett was elected last October, nominated by former US President Donald Trump and voted on by the Senate.
