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Roe v. Wade on the Line as Supreme Court Hears Mississippi Abortion Case

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News, Politics, News Commentary

4.2 • 726 Ratings

🗓️ 1 December 2021

⏱️ 56 minutes

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The Supreme Court will hear arguments Wednesday morning in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. The case, brought by Mississippi’s only licensed abortion clinic, challenges a 2018 state law that bans nearly all abortions after 15 weeks, with no exceptions for rape or incest. Mississippi officials are asking the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 Supreme Court decision that affirms the constitutional right to abortion. Meanwhile, abortion restrictions in states such as Mississippi and Texas are pushing people to travel out-of-state to seek abortion care. We examine the Mississippi case and its potential impact on California. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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From KQED. From K UED in San Francisco, I'm Nina Kim. Coming up on forum, the biggest abortion rights case in decades came before the U.S. Supreme Court this morning, one with the ability to overturn Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 decision that established a constitutional right to

1:12.8

an abortion. Here's Justice Sotomayor.

1:14.6

Will this institution survive the stench that this creates in the public perception that the

1:25.6

Constitution and its reading are just political acts.

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This hour, we get your reactions to the hearing and the justices questions,

1:34.8

and we learn how California is already preparing for a post-Roe world.

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This is Forum. I'm Mina Kim. The right to an abortion stands on a legal precipice, and today's U.S. Supreme Court hearing gave a sense of just how close to the edge that right is. The hearing

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was over a Mississippi law that bans abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy,

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with no exceptions for rape or incest. But the case goes further than Mississippi. State officials

2:06.8

there have asked the court to rule on whether all bans on pre-viability abortions are unconstitutional,

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striking at the heart of Roe v. Wade, which established a constitutional right to abortion before a fetus is viable, which occurs at about 24 weeks.

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