The outcome of the US's most significant abortion case in decades could have major implications for millions of women across the country, write BrianOD_News
Hundreds of protesters, from both sides of the abortion debate, had gathered outside the court while the justices heard arguments in the US's most significant abortion case in decades.One of the protesters, Anne Thomas, told me she was there to show her support for the protection of life, adding that the conservative Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett was a great example of success for women, a role model for her daughters, she said.
She also said it was absurd that former US president Donald Trump was able to pack the Supreme Court with conservative justices.The chants were so loud they could no doubt be heard inside the court where the justices were examining a 2018 law in the southern state of Mississippi that prohibits most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy - a dramatic break from 50 years of established law.
But in court on Wednesday the state of Mississippi argued that those cases haunt the country, have no basis in the constitution and poison the law. "Why should this court be the arbiter rather than Congress, state legislatures, state supreme courts and the people?" he asked. During my four years here in the US, I have been struck by how politically divisive the issue of abortion is, from grassroots protest movements all the way to the White House.
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