1. A Mississippi Law
EP 1 – A Mississippi Law. Rosemary Westwood begins with the backstory of the 2018 Mississippi law banning abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy. The law, a direct challenge to Roe v. Wade, will eventually set up a Supreme Court showdown.
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Show Notes
EP 1 – A Mississippi Law. In 2018, the governor of Mississippi signs into law the most extreme abortion ban at the time, banning abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy. It was a long shot, a law destined to be shot down by federal courts. Because under 50 years of U.S. Supreme Court rulings, Mississippi’s abortion law was clearly unconstitutional. So why bother?
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