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Mississippi has asked SCOTUS to overrule Roe v. Wade.

The Supreme Court is expected to hear a case involving the constitutionality of restrictions on pre-viability abortions in its upcoming term, and the state of Mississippi has asked the Court to consider overruling the landmark abortion case Roe v. Wade.

Known as Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health, the case concerns Mississippi’s ban on elective abortions more than 15 weeks into pregnancy except in cases of medical emergencies and severe fetal abnormalities. Mississippi enacted the Gestational Age Act in 2018, although a district court judge blocked it shortly thereafter and appeals have been unsuccessful to date.

Specifically, the Court will consider:

“Whether all pre-viability prohibitions on elective abortions are unconstitutional.”

The Court declined to consider whether the law should be considered in light of its “undue burden” standard under Casey or the “balancing of benefits and burdens” under Hellerstedt; or whether abortion providers have third-party standing to invalidate a law restricting late-term abortions.

Is it constitutional for there to be restrictions on pre-viability abortions?

Larger wildfires have been actively burning in the Western U.S. and Canada for weeks. As of July 22, 2021, 79 large fires and complexes have burned over 1.4 million acres.

The largest fire, the Bootleg Fire in Southern Oregon, has burned over 600 square miles. The fire is so massive and unpredictable that it is creating its own weather of shifting winds and dry lightning.

The wildfires in the West are also affecting air quality on the opposite coast. For much of last week, Philadelphia, New York, and parts of Canada were trapped in a smoky haze.

Click here to find out more about wildfires in the West and how you can help, then join the conversation:

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