On Wednesday, December 1, 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court will begin hearing oral arguments in the case: Thomas E. Dobbs, M.D., M.P.H, State Health Officer, Mississippi Department of Health v. Jackson Women's Health Organization 

This case involves a Mississippi law banning all abortions over 15 weeks gestational age except in medical emergencies and in the case of severe fetal abnormality.

This law is fundamentally at odds with the right to safe and essential health care, scientific evidence, and medical ethics. Mississippi attempts to justify this ban as a means of “protecting the health of women,” yet the overwhelming weight of medical evidence conclusively demonstrates that abortion is a very safe medical procedure. This law threatens the health of pregnant patients by barring their access to a safe and essential component of health care. In particular, patients of color, those with limited socioeconomic means, and those in rural communities would be most severely harmed should this law be allowed to go into effect. 

Thomas E. Dobbs and the state of Mississippi are asking the Court to overturn the long-standing precedent of Roe v. Wade. 

We stand with Jackson Women's Health and call on the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down this unjust law.

A great listen if you'd like to learn more about this case:

Podcast: Public Health On Call, Special Episode: Public Health in the Field- The Supreme Court and Abortion in Mississippi

https://open.spotify.com/episode/6mtEY8TI322ABiqI6n9LHA?si=Zn8cuDtvRGaLjyHmNAfSLw&nd=1

“Brief of Amici Curiae American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, American Medical Association, American Academy of Family Physicians, American Academy of Nursing, American Academy of Pediatrics, American Association of Public Health Physicians, et al. In Support of Respondents,” September 2021. https://www.acog.org/-/media/project/acog/acogorg/files/advocacy/amicus-briefs/2021/20210920-dobbs-v-jwho-amicus-brief.pdf?la=en&hash=717DFDD07A03B93A04490E66835BB8C5

Ramaswamy, Amrutha. “Abortion at SCOTUS: Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health.” KFF (blog), November 2, 2021. https://www.kff.org/womens-health-policy/issue-brief/abortion-at-scotus-dobbs-v-jackson-womens-health/