The Supreme Court, as it was expected to do, has plunged into the debate over abortion in America, scheduling arguments on two procedural questions about …
The Supreme Court, as it was expected to do, has plunged into the debate over abortion in America, scheduling arguments on two procedural questions about a new Texas law for Nov.1. The law is being allowed to stand at least until then. At that point, the justices will review two procedural questions about the case – with the actual abortion issue to be taken up later. This fight is in addition to the Mississippi case that already is scheduled for review by the court that pro-life interests are describing as a vehicle to finally reverse the devastating 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that created the «right» to abortion, which is not mentioned in the Constitution. If, in fact, Roe is reversed the regulation of abortion would revert to the states. That is not impossible, as even opinion author Harry Blackmun wrote at the time that the U.S. Constitution actually would protect unborn children if their personhood is established. He seemed to think, at that time, the science was not fully clear. Fox News said the high court’s announcement means the justices will expedite and hear arguments about two procedural disputes. In the first, in a case in which Joe Biden’s Department of Justice is challenging the law, the question is whether the federal government essentially can take a state to court to obtain relief – and then prohibit enforcement of a state law. The second involves a case brought by the pro-abortion Whole Women’s Health, which wants to know about the specifics of enforcement of the Texas law.
