The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Mississippi's appeal to revive its ban on abortion starting at 15 weeks of pregnancy ‘Why is 15 weeks not enough time’ for a woman to decide to have an abortion, conservative Chief Justice John Roberts asked
The court, which has a 6-3 conservative majority, heard about two hours of oral arguments in the southern state's bid to revive its ban on abortion starting at 15 weeks of pregnancy, a law blocked by lower courts. The liberal justices warned against ditching important and longstanding legal precedents like Roe and abandoning a right American women have come to rely upon., challenged the law and has the support of Democratic President Joe Biden's administration.
If Roe were overturned, many states "would continue to freely allow abortion," Kavanaugh added. Before the Roe ruling, many states banned abortion. "Will this institution survive the stench this creates in the public perception that the Constitution and its reading are just political acts?" Sotomayor asked.
"So there are circumstances in which a decision ... must be overruled simply because it was egregiously wrong at the moment it was decided," conservative Justice Samuel Alito said.
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