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Abortion Rights: Looking Back & Looking Ahead

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Texas Abortion Law Defies the Constitution

The court heard two challenges to the law on november. First, one from the abortion providers and one from the us Justice department. The most pernicious thing about the texas law it sort of creates a vigilante system. And it just seems, i know this sounds ridiculous, almost unamerican. Some of the justices were worried about the dominal effect this law could have on states. One was justice brett cavanagh. If this position is accepted here, it can be easily replicated in other states that disfavor other constitutional rights. That's where the mississippi case comes in. A challenge to a Mississippi law that bands most abortions after the fifteenth week

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