In November 2017, a third-year Texas law student named Brittany Fowler, who was in a monogamous relationship and on oral contraceptives, discovered she was pregnant. Mississippi, with one remaining abortion clinic, is asking the court not just to uphold its law but also to overturn Roe vs. Wade, the 1973 landmark decision legalizing abortion, and Casey vs. Planned Parenthood, the 1992 Supreme Court decision that upheld Roe but allowed states to impose certain restrictions as long as they do not cause an “undue burden” on women seeking abortions. Many abortion rights activists believe that Roe is doomed. This lack of concern for women is reflected in a couple of other friend-of-the-court briefs in the Mississippi case.

Source: Los Angeles Times September 26, 2021 10:07 UTC