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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
