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A federal judge who struck down Mississippi’s 15-week abortion ban last year is hearing arguments about a new law that puts the ban even earlier. The law would prohibit most abortions once a fetal heartbeat can be detected, at about six weeks, when many women may not know they’re pregnant. (Mississippi 6-week abortion ban heads to federal court)
There's no question that the new antiabortion laws are heading to Federal Court but aside from a reversal of Supreme Court precedence, they are likely to be found unconstitutional. So is anyone following this as a Constitutional Law issue?
The deliberate escalation by the states has led to talk that a head-on challenge to Roe could be before the justices in their next term, which opens in October and typically produces its most hard-fought decisions in the following June. That would be June 2020, weeks before the Democratic and Republican Conventions and just months before Trump and a Democratic nominee are likely to square off at the polls. (Will the Supreme Court take up a Roe v. Wade showdown in 2020? Politico)
This is going to be a pretty incendiary issue going into the 2020 Presidential election. For the first time in a long time I'm taking a serious look at this wondering if Roe v. Wade might be challenged in the Supreme Court. I find it highly unlikely that any of the Federal Courts will go against the Supreme Court precedence, they just don't do that and these antiabortion laws that have become so popular in red states, are going to be tried in Federal Court.
So what do you think? Do you think the prolife movement actually stands a chance here or will we just end up right back where we started?
Grace and peace,
Mark