The recent case, Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, centers on a Mississippi law that prohibits abortions after 15 weeks, with very limited exceptions, such as when the mother’s life is at risk or in cases of severe fetal abnormality (notably excluding instances of rape or incest). The decision echoes the leaked draft opinion from May, which sparked widespread protests and led to heightened security around the Supreme Court.
Justice Samuel Alito, in the majority opinion, stated, “Roe was egregiously wrong from the start. We hold that Roe and Casey must be overruled. It is time to heed the Constitution and return the issue of abortion to the people’s elected representatives.”