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Roe Redux: Is The Viability Test Still Viable as a Constitutional Doctrine?

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To uphold Roe , the court likely will require more than the usual arguments of stare decisis , the doctrine that the court should generally stand by its precedents. The Biden administration returned to ask for an injunction from the same justices a few weeks later and for a ruling on the statute.

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Justice Breyer: A formidable defender of reproductive rights

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In that case, Breyer led the majority in striking down a Nebraska criminal statute that made it unlawful to perform dilation-and-evacuation and similar abortion procedures even though the risks of mortality and morbidity to the pregnant person are significantly lower than induced-labor procedures. A close reading of Stenberg v.

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We read all the amicus briefs in Dobbs so you don’t have to

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For instance, the National Right to Life Committee and the Louisiana Right to Life Federation argue that the court should reject the “categorical viability line” and replace it with a new “roadmap” under which courts would consider all state interests when analyzing the constitutionality of prohibitions on pre-viability elective abortions.

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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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Mississippi acknowledges that it must overcome the principle of “stare decisis” – the idea that courts should normally follow their prior precedent. But here, the state insists, the “stare decisis case for overruling Roe and Casey is overwhelming.” Stare decisis and the Kavanaugh test.