U.S. Supreme Court,
Constitutional Law
May 24, 2021
Who will really suffer the costs of Mississippi’s abortion law?
Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear the latest legislative effort to dismantle the legal precedents established in Roe v. Wade nearly 50 years ago.
Michele Goodwin
Chancellor's Professor
UC Irvine
Michele is director of the Center for Biotechnology & Global Health Policy and its Reproductive Justice Initiative. She serves on the Executive Committee of the American Civil Liberties Union and board of directors of the Orange and San Bernardino Counties Planned Parenthood.
Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear the latest legislative effort to dismantle the legal precedents established in Roe v. Wade nearly 50 years ago. In Roe, the Supreme Court struck down laws criminalizing and prohibiting abortions. It held that the right to terminate a pregnancy was a constitutionally protected right to privacy. In that 7-2 opinion, the Supreme Court expressed that "maternity, or add...
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