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Roe v. Wade hangs in balance as reshaped court prepares to hear biggest abortion case in decades

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Twenty-one states have laws in place that would ban all or nearly all abortions if Roe and Casey fell. The Mississippi law and the court’s abortion precedents. The Mississippi law at the heart of the case is known as H.B. But here, the state insists, the “stare decisis case for overruling Roe and Casey is overwhelming.”

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Stephen Breyer, pragmatic liberal, will retire at end of term

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Perhaps because of his straightforward style, Breyer was the author of three landmark decisions striking down state laws that sought to restrict access to abortion. Breyer stressed that because the Nebraska law did not have any exception to protect the health of the mother, it was unconstitutional.

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