It will be the first time that the highest-ranking judges in America have discussed this issue in this composition.
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Last year, then-President Donald Trump pushed his nominee, Amy Coney Barret, into the Supreme Court. Conservative-minded judges won a 6: 3 majority.
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Mississippi is asking a court to allow him to ban abortions after the 15th week of pregnancy. The exception would be a threat to the mother’s life or damage to the fetus, then women could abort the pregnancy later.
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The right to abortion is guaranteed by a landmark decision of the Supreme Court (called Roe vs Wade) of 1973. So far, in the state, abortions are performed until the 20th week of pregnancy.
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Experts point out that the Supreme Court cannot satisfy the state without reversing this opinion. So far, all the lower instances have swept the law off the table.
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According to information from the Axios server, a hearing on this law will take place sometime in the autumn of this year, ie before the so-called “interim elections”, which traditionally fall for half the term of office of the incumbent president. Whatever the court’s decision, it will undoubtedly further stir up emotional cultural wars in the West.
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Long-term efforts of conservatives
Mississippi is not the only state trying to take away the right to abortion for women in America. Since 2019, similarly tuned standards have been repealed in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Montana, Missouri, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Utah and Tennessee.
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Texas was also joined on Wednesday, with Republican Gov. Greg Abbott signing a law that goes even further and prohibits abortion after week 6, at a time when many women don’t even know they’re pregnant. There are no exceptions for the rape or birth of a child within an incestuous relationship.
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signs law banning abortions after detection of fetal heartbeat, as early as 6 weeks.
– Jonathan Lemire (@JonLemire) May 19, 2021
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As Axios points out, the law will allow anyone – including people who have nothing to do with the woman – to sue a medical clinic that will perform the abortion to the limit.
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Roeová vs Wade
The case known as “Roe vs. Wade” is one of the most controversial precedents in the history of the American judiciary ever. In 1970, a certain Jane Roe from Texas applied for an abortion, but because her laws forbade it, she went to court.
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The state of Texas was represented by attorney Henry Wade. The court eventually granted Roe, partly because she was a rape victim. According to the court, it was protected by the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution, which gives all American citizens a “right to privacy.” However, the judges were reluctant to annul the Texas law directly, so the case went to the Supreme Court. He eventually decided in favor of Roe.
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The decision did not appear to have resulted in an increased number of abortions. According to the US CDC, abortion cases fell by 26 percent between 2006 and 2015. Nevertheless, many states are trying to make abortions inaccessible to Americans through various restrictions and obstructions.
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January march for the life of abortion opponents
Photo: Profimedia.cz
One of the reasons the topic of abortion in the United States is so acute is the religion that is evident in American society. This is despite the fact that the Founding Fathers took great care in writing the American Constitution to ensure that the separation of state and church was clear. The First Amendment explicitly prohibits the federal government from interfering in any way with an individual’s religious freedom.
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According to available data, 80 percent of the population believe in God, and almost 71 percent profess Christianity. A survey by the prestigious Gallup organization even shows that one in four Americans believes that God created man 10,000 years ago.
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