Roe VS Wade

A draft decision by the Supreme Court was leaked to the media regarding the case Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization in which Mississippi is essentially asking the Supreme Court to overturn its abortion policy based on Roe v. Wade and the 1992 Supreme Court decision from Planned Parenthood v. Casey.

The bill is intended to challenge the Supreme Court’s decision in Roe v. Wade, in which the high court enshrined the right to abortion as a constitutional right, though such a thing does not exist in the Constitution.

Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds signed a bill into law banning all abortions after six weeks, which is the time that a fetal heartbeat can be detected. The law requires physicians to perform an ultrasound test for a fetal heartbeat on any woman seeking an abortion and it bars abortion if a heartbeat is detected. If lawsuits are filed to challenge the bill, as expected, the law will not go into effect pending the outcome. [...]