Roe v. Wade,410 U.S. 113 (1973),was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in which the Court ruled that the Constitution of the United States generally protected a right to have an abortion. The decision struck down many abortion laws,and caused an ongoing abortion debate in the United States about whether,or to what extent,abortion should be legal,who should decide the legality of abortion,and what the role of moral and religious views in the political sphere should be. The decision also shaped debate concerning which methods the Supreme Court should use in constitutional adjudication.
Abortion is a divisive issue in the United States. The issue of abortion is prevalent in American politics and culture wars,though a majority of Americans support continued access to abortion. There are widely different abortion laws depending on state.
Jonathan Tate Reeves is an American politician serving since 2020 as the 65th governor of Mississippi. A member of the Republican Party,Reeves served as the 32nd lieutenant governor of Mississippi from 2012 to 2020 and as the 53rd Mississippi State Treasurer from 2004 to 2012.
The March for Life is an annual rally and march against the practice and legality of abortion,held in Washington,D.C.,either on or around the anniversary of Roe v. Wade,a decision legalizing abortion nationwide which was issued in 1973 by the United States Supreme Court. The participants in the march have advocated the overturning of Roe v. Wade,which happened at the end of the case Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization on June 24,2022. It is a major gathering of the anti-abortion movement in the United States and it is organized by the March for Life Education and Defense Fund.
Linda Nellene Coffee is an American lawyer living in Dallas,Texas. Coffee is best known,along with Sarah Weddington,for arguing the precedent-setting United States Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade.
The attorney general of Mississippi is a statewide elected office in the U.S. state of Mississippi. The attorney general is a constitutional officer responsible for representing state agencies in legal matters,supplying other state officials and prosecutors with legal advice,and bringing lawsuits on behalf of the state. They serve a four-year term with no term limits.
The legality of abortion in the United States and the various restrictions imposed on the procedure vary significantly depending on the laws of each state or other jurisdiction. Some states prohibit abortion at all stages of pregnancy with few exceptions,others permit it up to a certain point in a woman's pregnancy,while others allow abortion throughout a woman's pregnancy. In states where abortion is legal,several classes of restrictions on the procedure may exist,such as parental consent or notification laws,requirements that patients be shown an ultrasound before obtaining an abortion,mandatory waiting periods,and counseling requirements.
Philip Anthony Gunn is an American politician from the U.S. state of Mississippi. A member of the Republican Party,Gunn was the Speaker of the Mississippi House of Representatives and represented the 56th district. He served in the Mississippi House beginning in 2004 and became Speaker in 2012. Gunn was the first Republican to serve as Speaker of the Mississippi House since 1876. He left office in 2024.
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Mississippi on November 3,2015. All of Mississippi's executive officers were up for election. Primary elections were held on August 4,2015,with primary runoffs to be held on August 25,2015 if no candidate received a majority in the primary. The filing deadline for primary ballot access was February 27.
A special election for Mississippi's 1st congressional district was held on May 12,2015,to fill the term left by the vacancy created by the death of Alan Nunnelee. Nunnelee,a member of the Republican Party,died on February 6,2015.
Jackson Women's Health Organization was an abortion clinic located in a bright pink building in Jackson,Mississippi's Fondren neighborhood. It was the only abortion clinic in Mississippi since the other one closed in 2006. The JWHO closed its doors on July 6,2022,following the Supreme Court of the United States' decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization,and the day before Mississippi's near-complete abortion ban went into effect.
Abortion in Arizona is illegal except for when it is "necessary to save" the life of the pregnant individual. The legally prescribed sentence for assisting in an illegal abortion is 2-5 years in prison. The Arizona Supreme Court ruled on April 9,2024 that enforcement of this near-total ban on abortion can begin from April 23,2024. Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes,a Democrat,responded that as long as she is in office,then women or doctors will not be prosecuted under this law.
As of 2024,abortion is currently illegal in Indiana. It's only legal in cases involving fatal fetal abnormalities,to preserve the life and physical health of the mother,and in cases of rape or incest up to 10 weeks of pregnancy. Previously abortion in Indiana was legal up to 20 weeks;a near-total ban that was scheduled to take effect on August 1 was placed on hold due to further legal challenges,but is set to take place,after the Indiana Supreme Court denied an appeal by the ACLU,and once it certifies a previous ruling,that an abortion ban doesn't violate the state constitution. In the wake of the 2022 Dobbs Supreme Court ruling,abortion in Indiana remained legal despite Indiana lawmakers voting in favor of a near-total abortion ban on August 5,2022. Governor Eric Holcomb signed this bill into law the same day. The new law became effective on September 15,2022. But on September 22,2022,Special Judge Kelsey B. Hanlon of the Monroe County Circuit Court granted a preliminary injunction against the enforcement of the ban. Her ruling allows the state's previous abortion law,which allows abortions up to 20 weeks after fertilization with exceptions for rape and incest,to remain in effect.
Abortion in Kentucky is illegal. There were laws in Kentucky about abortion by 1900,including ones with therapeutic exceptions. In 1998,the state passed legislation that required clinics to have an abortion clinic license if they wanted to operate. By the early 2010s,members of the Kentucky Legislature attempted to ban abortion in almost all cases and had also introduced the early abortion bans. Prior to 2019,Kentucky law prohibited abortions after week 22. This changed when the state legislature passed a law that moved the prohibition to week 6 in the early part of the year. In that year,57% of people in Kentucky said abortion should be "illegal in all or most cases." A bill passed and made effective in April 2022 lowered the threshold to 15 weeks,the second most restrictive limit in effect in the United States behind Texas,and introduced regulations that made abortion illegal until it was blocked in federal court.
Abortion in Mississippi is illegal. The new law took effect on July 7,2022,after Mississippi State Attorney General Lynn Fitch certified on June 27,the Supreme Court decision on Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization on June 24 of that year. State Attorney General Lynn Fitch's certification made Mississippi's 2007 'trigger law' go into effect and ban all abortions in the state,“except in the case where necessary for the preservation of the mother's life or where the pregnancy was caused by rape".
Abortion in Wisconsin has been legal since September 18,2023,and is performed in Madison,Milwaukee and Sheboygan through 22 weeks gestation. However,elective abortions in Wisconsin are under dispute after the overturning of Roe v. Wade by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 24,2022. Abortion opponents cite an 1849 law that they claim bans the procedure in all cases except when the life of the mother is in danger. However,lower level courts have argued that the law only applies to infanticide and not consensual abortions. The enforceability of the law is disputed and being considered by the state courts. Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin announced that they would resume abortion services in Madison and Milwaukee on September 18,2023. Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin later announced that they would resume abortion services in Sheboygan on December 28,2023.
Abortion in Florida is currently legal up until a gestational age of 15 weeks,whilst an embryonic heartbeat ban set to take effect on May 1,2024 restricts abortion after a gestational age of 6 weeks after the woman's last menstrual period. Both pieces of legislation were passed by the Florida House of Representatives and the Florida Senate,then signed into law by Governor Ron DeSantis.
David McRae is an American politician from Mississippi. A member of the Republican Party,McRae has been Mississippi State Treasurer since 2020,having been elected in the 2019 election. Prior to his time in politics,he worked for his family's business as a managing partner.
The 2019 Mississippi Attorney General election was held on November 5,2019,to elect the Attorney General of Mississippi. Incumbent Jim Hood declined to seek re-election to a fifth term,instead running unsuccessfully for Governor. State Treasurer Lynn Fitch won the Republican nomination in a primary runoff against Andy Taggart,and she defeated Democratic nominee Jennifer Riley Collins in the general election. Fitch became the first Republican to hold the office since 1878,as well as the first woman to ever be elected to the position in state history. It also marked the first time in over a century where no members of the Democratic Party held statewide office.
Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization,No. 19-1392,597 U.S. 215 (2022),is a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in which the court held that the Constitution of the United States does not confer a right to abortion. The court's decision overruled both Roe v. Wade (1973) and Planned Parenthood v. Casey (1992),returning to individual states the power to regulate any aspect of abortion not protected by federal statutory law.
