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This week’s R&D covers abortion rights. The U.S. Supreme Court recently heard oral arguments for the case Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization that questions the constitutionality of a 2018 Mississippi state law that bans most abortion after fifteen weeks of pregnancy. In addition, the Supreme Court sent a lawsuit over Texas’ controversial abortion law, that bans most abortions after six weeks, back to the appellate level yesterday and has left the law intact at the moment. Pro-choice advocates warn that the Supreme Court is on the verge of overturning the landmark 1973 case of Roe v. Wade that constitutionalized the right to abortion, and if that happens, more than twenty states would immediately ban the procedure.
What will happen if the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade next year? Writers and scholars weigh in on what it could mean for the future of reproductive rights, the politics of abortion and the law’s treatment of other civil liberties. https://t.co/oPIyBFFWBj
— New York Times Opinion (@nytopinion) December 16, 2021
FDA eliminates restriction on abortion pill as Supreme Court weighs case that challenges Roe v. Wade https://t.co/gV3pHkSASF
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) December 16, 2021
Perspective: Digital surveillance presents new threats to reproductive freedoms. Prosecutors already rely on searches, text messages and emails about abortion care as evidence. https://t.co/966ASdVtmB
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) December 15, 2021
If we want a mass movement of abortion rights supporters to fight back after the court issues its decision in Dobbs, we need to build that now. https://t.co/r4doXK9SE4
— The Nation (@thenation) December 9, 2021
A recent study indicates that abortion denials due to gestational limits often lead to significant financial distress for women who are unable to obtain an abortion. https://t.co/LaiqQ2bgec
— U.S. News & World Report (@usnews) December 15, 2021
“Emphasizing the importance of contraception does not have to come along with stigmatizing abortion. Abortion is health care,” writes @JillFilipovic. https://t.co/H7u4HJQR6m
— New York Times Opinion (@nytopinion) December 15, 2021
Supreme Court’s conservatives on the verge of ending right to abortion https://t.co/hgJt1P6W5e
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) December 15, 2021
The Supreme Court sent a case regarding Texas’ abortion law to a federal appeals court that has previously allowed the law to remain in place twice. https://t.co/gkg4z4fyQt
— Newsweek (@Newsweek) December 16, 2021
Kavanaugh abandoned his principles to ensure that abortion remains illegal in Texas. https://t.co/DyzetlKVwp
— Slate (@Slate) December 16, 2021
Are all prohibitions on abortion before viability unconstitutional? The Supreme Court has never been directly asked that question. https://t.co/AVL9KU6Rrq
— Heritage Foundation (@Heritage) December 11, 2021
Arizona asks Supreme Court to permit ban on abortion for genetic conditions https://t.co/iKEjS0x7y8 pic.twitter.com/Hf3E8nmjhX
— The Hill (@thehill) December 15, 2021