Mississippi Law and Lower Court Decisions This issue brief provides background on the legal challenges to the Mississippi law in the context of the Supreme Court abortion precedents, addresses the intersections with the litigation that has arisen from S.B. 8, the Texas 6-week abortion ban, and explains the potential outcomes and how they could impact access to abortion around the country. While the Supreme Court has considered other abortion cases involving state regulations, this is the first case that the high court has taken in which a state is directly asking the Court to overturn the constitutional right to abortion.
Jackson Women’s Health Organization , involves a Mississippi law banning all abortions over 15 weeks gestational age except in medical emergencies and in the case of severe fetal abnormality. In this case, Mississippi is asking the Court to overturn the long-standing precedent of Roe v. Dobbs, State Health Officer of the Mississippi Department of Health v. On December 1 st, the Supreme Court will hear the first abortion case since Justice Amy Coney Barrett was seated and cemented a solid 6-3 conservative majority on the bench. For the current status of abortion access in the United States and additional resources please see our abortion dashboard.Ībortion is among the most contentious issues in the country today. Casey and eliminating the federal standard regarding abortion access. On June 24, 2022, the Supreme Court issued its decision in Dobbs v, Jackson Women’s Health, overturning Roe v. “While there is a need for 20 judgeships across the State (12 circuit judgeships and 8 district judgeships), the Legislature created this mechanism of reallocation to correct the needs gradually, although it will not take care of the entire need, or the immediacy of the need,” Parker said.Updated as of JThe Supreme Court Overturned Roe v. Parker said there is a need for 20 additional judges across the state. He said the study showed the 10th Judicial Circuit in Jefferson County had an excess of judges while the 23rd Judicial Circuit in Madison County had a deficit. Parker said the group met to decide whether to reallocate a vacant judgeship in Jefferson County but decided, based on the most recent weighted caseload study, that the judgeship should be moved to Madison County. Parker serves as chairman of the commission. The Alabama Judicial Resources Allocation Commission took the action on Thursday, Chief Justice Tom Parker said in a statement. (AP) - A state commission has voted to move a vacant circuit court judgeship from Jefferson to Madison County, ruling that there is a greater need for the position there.
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