The U.S. Supreme Court announced in May that it will hear a Mississippi case challenging Roe v. Wade in defense of the state’s 15-week abortion, “The Gestational Age Act.” Anti-abortion activists and leaders hope that the case will result in a reversal of Roe, the landmark 1973 precedent that ended blanket abortion bans in states nationwide. The case, Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, will be the first major challenge to abortion rights since ex-President Trump replaced Justices Anthony Kennedy and Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who each voted to uphold Roe v. Wade in the past, with the more conservative Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett. Join ACLU of New Mexico Reproductive Rights Attorney Ellie Rushforth and ACLU of New Mexico Reproductive Rights Community Engagement Specialist Dakota Waterson for a discussion on this case, what else we're watching, and why it matters to New Mexicans.
