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WASHINGTON, D.C., July 27, 2021 (LifeSiteNews) – Republican Sens. Ted Cruz of Texas, Josh Hawley of Missouri, and Mike Lee of Utah filed an amicus brief Monday adding their voices to those calling on the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey in its upcoming review of Mississippi’s 15-week abortion ban.
The Court announced in May that it would be hearing Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which concerns Mississippi’s HB 1510 law banning abortions from being committed past 15 weeks for any reason other than physical medical emergencies or severe fetal abnormalities. After its enactment in 2019, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals deemed it unconstitutional because of an “unbroken line dating to Roe v. Wade,” the 1973 ruling that imposed on all 50 states a “right” to pre-viability abortion.
The attorneys general of Mississippi and Missouri have asked the Court to directly overturn Roe, and now Cruz, Hawley, and Lee – all three of whom are attorneys – are doing so as well. Their brief begins by arguing that stare decisis,
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