Splitting the Baby

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : Here's the key sentence: "If the state is interested in protecting fetal life after viability, it may go so far as to proscribe abortion during that period, except when it is necessary to preserve the life or health of the mother.
49% : Rather, I prefer that the court follow the recommendation of the state of Mississippi and not merely uphold the abortion statute but also overturn Roe v. Wade and a whole series of cases that came alongside Roe or built upon Roe: Doe v. Bolton, and also Planned Parenthood v. Casey.
47% : In other words, I suspect the court will uphold the Mississippi law restricting abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy while at the same time leaving the landmark 1973 case of Roe v. Wade largely intact.
47% : How would a judge allow states such as Mississippi to regulate abortion in the later term while at the same time sustaining Roe v. Wade?
43% : Once the child reaches viability -- the point at which it could live outside the womb -- the court said that states can restrict abortion except in cases where the life or health of the mother is imperiled.
38% : Contrary to what most people think, Roe did not provide an unlimited right to abortion.
36% : Quite obviously, the court in 1973 intended states to be able to regulate abortion except when having the baby would seriously risk the mother's life or health.

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