The US Supreme Court will consider the legality of Mississippi's ban on most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy on Dec. 1, according to the court.
to temporarily block enforcement of the law. The judge scheduled a hearing for Oct. 1, keeping the law in effect.
Mississippi lawmakers in 2018 voted to ban abortions after 15 weeks except in cases of medical emergencies or severe fetal abnormality. U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves for the Southern District of Mississippi struck the act ban, saying the state"chose to pass a law it knew was unconstitutional to enforce a decades-long campaign, fueled by interest groups, to ask the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade.
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the ruling, prompting the state's appeal to the Supreme Court.
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