The Supreme court hears oral arguments in the Mississippi abortion case. Both sides gear up to take the Abortion fight national.
• As the Supreme Court hears the first critical case that directly impacts Roe v.Wade in over three decades, pro-life activists see an opening to take the fight state by state.
• Pro-abortion advocates supporters are also preparing but to play offense.
• Both sides are on edge as the supreme will either overturn or severely weaken Roe v. Wade.
• Elizabeth Nash, a state policy analyst for the Guttmacher Institute, which supports abortion rights, said in a statement, “We have a storm to weather,” she went on to say, “We have to weather the storm so that in the future — five, 10, 15 years from now — we’re talking about how we managed to repeal all these abortion bans.”
• As of right now, 26 states would institute some abortion ban or restriction within a year of the supreme courts’ decision.
• 12 states have a ‘trigger-ban’ already in place, so it will kick into place as soon as the supreme court makes its decision.
• The Supreme is listening to oral arguments in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, a Mississippi case that bans all abortion minus some exemptions after 15 weeks of pregnancy.
• The Supreme court will not decide until the summer or fall of 2022 in the Mississippi case
• Abortion is rapidly becoming a vital issue in the 2022 mid-term elections next year.
• According to open secretes, a nonpartisan company that keeps track of political spending – More people have been donating to pro-abortion organizations than pro-life by double or triple the amount.
What outcome are the yet – to – be born babies hoping for ?