Morning Briefing
Summaries of health policy coverage from major news organizations
Roe V. Wade 'Egregiously Wrong,' Must Go, Mississippi Urges Supreme Court
The New York Times: Mississippi Asks Supreme Court To Overrule Roe V. Wade
Calling Roe v. Wade “egregiously wrong,” Mississippi’s attorney general urged the Supreme Court on Thursday to do away with the constitutional right to abortion and to sustain a state law that bans most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy. The court will hear arguments in the case in the fall, giving its newly expanded conservative majority a chance to confront what may be the most divisive issue in American law: whether the Constitution protects the right to end pregnancies. (Liptak, 7/22)
Politico: Mississippi Asks Supreme Court To Overturn Roe V. Wade
“The national fever on abortion can break only when this Court returns abortion policy to the states,” Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch writes in the brief, arguing that the country has changed so much since Roe was decided that the court needs to reopen the issue. “In 1973, there was little support for women who wanted a full family life and a successful career,” she wrote. “Maternity leave was rare. Paternity leave was unheard of. The gold standard for professional success was a 9-to-5 with a corner office. The flexibility of the gig economy was a fairy tale.” (Ollstein and Gerstein, 7/22)
The Wall Street Journal: Mississippi Asks Supreme Court To End Roe V. Wade Abortion Rights
In May, the Supreme Court agreed to hear Mississippi’s appeal of a 2019 appeals court decision striking down a state law prohibiting abortions after the 15th week of pregnancy. The case, Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, is to be argued after the court’s new term begins in October, with a decision expected by next summer. (Bravin, 7/22)
USA Today: Abortion: Mississippi Asks Supreme Court To Overturn Roe V. Wade
Mississippi officials pressed the Supreme Court to overturn its landmark Roe v. Wade decision as an expected flurry of written arguments got underway Thursday in one of the most closely watched abortion cases in years. The high court agreed in May to hear a challenge to Mississippi's ban on most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, giving its new, six-member conservative majority a chance to roll back the 1973 ruling that women have a constitutional right to abortion. In their sharpest framing of the blockbuster dispute since the appeal was filed at the Supreme Court more than a year ago, Mississippi noted the text of the Constitution does not mention abortion and argued that adherence to Roe was "dangerously corrosive to our constitutional system." (Fritze, 7/22)
The Washington Post: Mississippi Asks Supreme Court To Overturn Roe V. Wade In Upcoming Case
The state’s bold request is in a brief filed Thursday that seeks to persuade the court it should approve a law that would ban most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, far earlier than now allowed. The court will hear arguments in the case this fall, and both sides in the divisive fight see it as a crucial moment in determining whether and how the court’s 6-to-3 conservative majority might constrain abortion rights. (Barnes, 7/22)
