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Today, Explained

The Court's Decision to Overturn Ro v Wade, a Case That Could Overturn Rove Wayed

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There was nothing extraordinary about this mississippi law. What was extraordinary as that the court agreed to take it. Once the court says this is up for grabs, anybody who's paying attention can say, something substantial is about to change here. And indeed, when the oral argument was heard in december, you could go back and read the summaries of it now and just see exactly what we read in the draft opinion. A five justices were openly hostile,. not just a to ounow this idea of whether abortion should be legal at 15 weeks or not, but to the very underpinnings that for forty nine yors have governed American law.

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