Supreme Court to hear arguments in fast-tracked Texas abortion ban cases

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

46% : But the justices will not be deciding the law's constitutionality, although the Justice Department and abortion providers argue the ban conflicts with its decisions in Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey.
43% : They may simply outlaw the exercise of whatever constitutional rights they disfavor; disclaim enforcement by state officials; and delegate the state's enforcement authority to members of the general public by empowering and incentivizing them to bring a multitude of harassing actions threatening ruinous liability -- or, at a minimum, prohibitive litigation costs," the Biden administration argued.
42% : Unlike laws in other states, enforcement of the Texas ban is delegated to private citizens, not state officials, who can sue in state courts anyone who performs an abortion in violation of the law or "aids or abets" them.
40% : So far, it has worked: The threat of a flood of S.B. 8 suits has effectively eliminated abortion in Texas at a point before many women even realize they are pregnant, denying a constitutional right the court has recognized for half a century."
40% : The issue of abortion is coming before a Supreme Court that has been dramatically changed since its last major abortion decision nearly 30 years ago.
35% : Abortion providers warned the court that allowing Mississippi's law to stand would upend 50 years of precedent and pave the way for states to ban abortion entirely.

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