Jackson Women's Health v. Dobbs

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Case Number:

18-60868

Court:

Appellate - 5th Circuit

Nature of Suit:

3440 Other Civil Rights

  1. May 03, 2022

    Clues In Alito's Draft Suggest He's Not Reaching For Roberts

    A draft U.S. Supreme Court decision by Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. eliminating women's constitutional right to abortion seems concerned with convincing a bare majority of conservative justices and makes surprisingly little effort to win over Chief Justice John Roberts, according to legal experts.

  2. September 13, 2021

    High Court's Legitimacy Tested In Abortion Row, Justices Told

    The U.S. Supreme Court will appear driven by its members' personal preferences if it abandons Roe v. Wade in a major abortion case, a Mississippi clinic told the justices on Monday, a contention that coincided with two justices acknowledging concerns about politicization of the high court.

  3. July 22, 2021

    End Roe V. Wade, Justices Urged As Abortion Battle Begins

    Mississippi made the stakes crystal clear on Thursday in a new abortion case at the U.S. Supreme Court, not only defending its ban on most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy but also urging the justices to overrule Roe v. Wade.

  4. May 18, 2021

    Paul Weiss Attys To Guide Roe V. Wade Defense At High Court

    Attorneys at Paul Weiss who have helped hundreds of fellow lawyers tell personal abortion stories at the U.S. Supreme Court now find themselves heading up the legal defense of Roe v. Wade, the landmark decision the justices are poised to reconsider.

  5. May 17, 2021

    With Roe's Future In Doubt, Here's How The Justices May Rule

    U.S. Supreme Court conservatives Monday set in motion a climactic battle over the abortion rights guarantee that Roe v. Wade established nearly 50 years ago, with the right-leaning supermajority facing few obstacles to rolling back one of the most controversial rulings in American history.

  6. May 17, 2021

    Justices To Weigh Abortion Case That Could Upend Roe

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday took up a closely watched abortion case that could lead the court's newly solidified conservative majority to overturn Roe v. Wade, the landmark decision that has protected abortion rights for half a century.