The End of <em>Roe</em>
Today’s oral argument signaled that the Court is poised to reverse <em>Roe v. Wade </em>outright.
Updated at 1:55 p.m. ET on December 2, 2021.
Anyone listening to today’s oral argument on abortion could not miss that something historic was happening. The case, , involves a Mississippi law that bans abortion at 15 weeks. Such a ban is clearly unconstitutional under current law— and its successor case, , recognize a right to choose abortion until fetal viability, which is at roughly . To uphold Mississippi’s law, the Supreme Court’s conservative justices have two options:altogether.
