Why It's Likely That Supreme Court Will Overturn Roe v. Wade

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🗓️ 2 December 2021

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The days of abortion on demand could be numbered. The Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in a case in which the high court could overturn its 1973 decision in Roe v. Wade and send power back to the states to determine their own abortion laws.

"I feel like the Supreme Court right now has a very clear, intellectually honest blueprint to overturn Roe v. Wade, restore the Constitution to its proper meaning and understanding, and return the issue of abortion back to the people of America," says Denise Harle, a senior attorney at the Christian legal aid group Alliance Defending Freedom.

The case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization stems from a Mississippi law, passed in 2018 but not in effect, which aims to ban most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy. Mississippi’s only remaining abortion clinic immediately challenged the a lawsuit. Now, the Supreme Court again is considering the constitutionality of abortion.

Harle, who directs Alliance Defending Freedom's Center for Life, joins “The Daily Signal Podcast” to break down the oral arguments heard by the nine justices and predict what the future holds for Roe v. Wade.

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0:00.0	This is the Daily Signal Podcast for Thursday, December 2, I'm Doug Blair.
0:11.0	And I'm Kate Trinco. Yesterday, the Supreme Court heard a pivotal case that could result
0:15.1	in Roe v. Wade being overturned. Virginia Allen chats with lawyer Janice Harle, who is
0:20.2	the director of Alliance Defending Freedoms Center for Life. They chat about the highlights
0:25.3	from the oral arguments yesterday in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization
0:30.1	case.
0:31.1	But before we get to that conversation, let's hit the top news stories of the day.
0:47.6	The Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the landmark abortion case, Dobbs v. Jackson
0:52.5	Women's Health Organization in a move signaling where the verdict is likely to fall.
0:57.2	Justice Amy Coney Barrett, Brett Kavanaugh, Neil Gorsuch, Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas,
1:02.6	and John Roberts all expressed openness to either overturning or weakening abortion
1:07.5	access given under Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey. Justice Stephen Breyer,
1:13.4	Sonya Sotomayor, and Elena Kagan signaled that they were opposed. Wednesday's arguments
1:18.4	began with Mississippi Solicitor General and former clerk to Justice Clarence Thomas,
1:23.1	Scott Stewart. Stewart argued that the right to an abortion is not written explicitly in
1:28.3	the Constitution, and that therefore did not constitute an actual right. He also argued
1:33.8	that abortion is an issue better regulated in state legislatures and not in the Supreme
1:38.2	Court.
1:39.2	Stewart was followed by litigation director at the Center for Reproductive Rights, Julie
1:43.2	Rickleman. Rickleman's organization represents the Jackson Women's Health Organization. Rickleman
1:49.2	argued that Roe v. Wade was essential for gender equality. In her brief to the court,
1:54.5	Rickleman wrote, two generations spanning almost five decades have come to depend on
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