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Defending The Constitutionality Of Abortion Rights, Sydney Reil, Cynthiana Desir
Defending The Constitutionality Of Abortion Rights, Sydney Reil, Cynthiana Desir
Brigham Young University Prelaw Review
In 2018, the constitutionality of the Mississippi Gestational Act was called into question by the Jackson Women’s Health Organization. This act illegalized the majority of abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy. Given the constitutional right to abortion granted by Roe v. Wade and upheld by Planned Parenthood v. Casey, both the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit deemed the Act unconstitutional as a violation of that right. The State of Mississippi brought the case under the review of the United States Supreme Court in 2021, seeking …