#Mississippi cited that line of reasoning in its case to challenge Roe at #SCOTUS, a move his supporters say helped pave the way for Roe’s fall in 2022.
The controversial #law banned almost all #abortions starting at about 6 wks of pregnancy. #SCOTUS allowed it to take effect months before the justices overturned #Roe v. Wade, drawing a dissent at the time from the court’s 3 liberal justices & Chief Justice John Roberts, who described the statute’s enforcement plan as “not only unusual, but unprecedented”
A 3rd #lawyer, #Colorado Solicitor Gen Shannon Stevenson, will split time w/Murray, representing the office of CO Secy of State Jena Griswold.
The #SupremeCourt announced Wednesday that it will decide this term whether to limit access to a key abortion drug, returning the polarizing issue of #ReproductiveRights to the high court for the first time since the conservative majority overturned #RoevWade last year.
#AbortionMedication has increased in importance because more than a dozen states severely limited or banned #abortions after the #SCOTUS ruling last June in #Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Org. That’s partly because the drugs can be sent by mail & taken at home.
If access to #mifepristone was restricted, #abortion providers & advocates say, pregnancies could still be terminated using only the second drug in the regimen, #misoprostol. But using that drug alone causes more cramping & bleeding…
The #Texas#SupremeCourt on Friday temporarily halted an order allowing a woman who is 20 weeks #pregnant to get an #abortion — reversing a lower-court ruling that marks the first case of a pregnant woman seeking a court order for the procedure since #RoeVWade was overturned last year.
#Paxton said the Travis County judge’s order would not excuse the #hospital or #doctor from #civil or #criminal liability “including first degree #felony prosecutions.” He added that the temporary restraining order “will expire long before the statute of limitations for violating Texas’ #abortion laws expires.” #Doctors who perform #abortions could be sentenced to 5 or more years in #prison in many states. In #Texas, they could go to #jail for life.
#Texas’ #Paxton is the first AG to issue such a clear & credible threat to #hospitals & #doctors in the wake of the #SCOTUS ruling. While drs & hospitals have feared what might happen if they provide #abortions…, no #medical professional has yet been prosecuted under the new #abortion bans.
“This is the most direct confrontation we’ve seen,” said Mary Ziegler, a #law prof UC Davis.