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SCOTUS TO WEIGH IN ON ABORTION

The Supreme Court of the United States Monday agreed to hear a Mississippi case that could roll back the 1973 Roe v Wade decision.

The central theme of the case revolves around a Mississippi law that prohibits abortion after the 15th week. The law was enacted in 2018 but blocked after a Federal Court challenge. Currently, Mississippi’s only abortion clinic remains open.

The clinic argues that a fetus’s viability outside the womb is impossible at 15 weeks. The Mississippi law allows exceptions in the case of medical emergency or server fetal abnormality.

Under the law doctors caught in violation face mandatory suspension or revocation of their medical license.

The Court is expected to take up the case in the Fall.

ABBOTT TO SIGN ABORTION BILL

The Texas Heartbeat Act according to supporters is the strongest pro-life bill to be signed into law since the Supreme Court made the Roe v Wade decision.

It is expected to be signed by Governor Greg Abbott.

The legislation bans abortions after a fetal heartbeat can be detected without specifying a time frame.

It makes an exception in the case of a medical emergency, but not for rape or incest.

Under this bill, anyone that helps in obtaining an abortion (i.e, the clinic, someone that drives the woman to the clinic) can be sued. The person suing does not even need to be a resident of the State of Texas.

State Lawmakers hope this measure makes it able to withstand legal challenges.