Dear team,

Today we filed our opening brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in our case, Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization. This is our third time in five years defending abortion rights before the U.S. Supreme Court. But this time is different.

This case challenges Mississippi's ban on abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy. The ban is a direct challenge to the Supreme Court's landmark 1973 decision in Roe v. Wade, which holds that each person has the right to decide whether to continue a pre-viability pregnancy. Mississippi has asked the Supreme Court to overturn that decision.

There are no half measures here.

Any ruling upholding Mississippi's ban guts that core holding, and our right to make fundamental decisions about our lives, our futures, and our families. Right now, Texas has managed to ban almost all abortions even as Roe stands. And half the states in the country are poised to ban abortion entirely should the Supreme Court do anything but reject Mississippi's request.

We cannot do this work alone. We filed this case on behalf of Jackson Women's Health Organization—our client for 20 years and the last remaining abortion clinic in Mississippi. Learn more about Jackson Women's Health Organization and The Pink House Fund, which supports people accessing abortion in Mississippi, here.

Sincerely,

Center for Reproductive Rights