Alabama asks conservative SCOTUS to take up anti-abortion case, eyeing Roe v. Wade
The Alabama attorney general officially asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to review a lower court’s decision that a state law prohibiting a common method used for second-trimester abortions is unconstitutional.
The lawsuit against Alabama’s dilation and evacuation (D&E) ban is the second anti-abortion case before the Supreme Court.
There are at least 11 other cases at the appeals level, meaning more anti-abortion cases can land on the Supreme Court’s 2019 docket.
This spells bad news for the future of Roe v. Wade.
Given that the Supreme Court moved further right this year, the constitutional right to abortion before viability, scientifically determined to be at 24 to 28 weeks, afforded by Roe and reaffirmed by past decisions is at risk.
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