July 29, 2021

National Right to Life asks Supreme Court to Value State Interests in Mississippi Abortion Case

National Right to Life and Louisiana Right to Life together filed a brief asking the Supreme Court to reverse Roe v. Wade and allow states to enact more abortion regulations. The brief argues that normal legal rules have not been applied to abortion decisions and that applying those rules would allow states to protect their interests with abortion regulations.

The Supreme Court will soon consider Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, which involves the abortion lobby's challenge to Mississippi's near-total ban on abortions after 15 weeks. The lower courts have ruled that state abortion bans before viability are unconstitutional. The Supreme Court will decide whether all bans on pre-viability elective abortions are unconstitutional.

National Right to Life and Louisiana Right to Life are asking the Court to make clear what the law actually is since rulings in the past have created confusion among lower courts.

Jomes Bopp, Jr., NRLC's General Counsel for the brief, said:

“Since Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court has twisted the normal rules of law to protect an absolute abortion right and not given full effect to powerful state interests such as protecting preborn life and maternal health. Today, we ask the Court to reverse that tangential path, which will allow greater regulation of abortion, lead to stability in the law, and put Roe itself at issue.”

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