In 2018, Mississippi enacted a law called Mississippi’s Gestational Age Act which limits abortions after 15 weeks gestational age except in medical emergencies or for severe fetal abnormality. .An abortion clinic in Mississippi successfully challenged this law in Dobbs* v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. Mississippi petitioned the Supreme Court, and it agreed to review this ruling.1
15-week ultrasound when Roe was decided in 1973 15-week ultrasound TODAY
By 15 weeks, a baby has a heartbeat, can move and kick, can sense movement outside the mother’s womb, has eyes and eyelids that are beginning to open, can hiccup, and can hear her or his mother’s heartbeat.5
As Catholics we uphold the dignity of life from conception
to natural death. We invite you to pray one Hail Mary as a family at
dinner for a just ruling in the Dobbs case and for those impacted by it.
For further information, see https://marchforlife.org/dobbs/
Here's a short explainer video on "The Supreme Court and Abortion” by O. Carter Snead, Professor of Law, University of Notre Dame and Director, de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture, November 30, 2021.
1 Pray for Dobbs Informational Flyer based on Amici Curiae Brief for the American College of Pediatricians and the Association of American Physicians & Surgeons, Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, https://www.prayfordobbs.com/_files/ugd/20d9f7_00c38e8b015c48d092a81b098823aa4f.pdf.
2 Ibid.
3 Ibid.
4 Nguyen, J.D., Angelina B., “Mississippi’s 15-Week Gestational Limit on Abortion is Mainstream Compared to European Laws,” July 27. 2021, https://lozierinstitute.org/comparing-mississippi-limit-with-european-laws/.
5 Pray for Dobbs Informational Flyer based on Amici Curiae Brief for the American College of Pediatricians and the Association of American Physicians & Surgeons, Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, https://www.prayfordobbs.com/_files/ugd/20d9f7_00c38e8b015c48d092a81b098823aa4f.pdf.
6 Ibid.
7 Ibid.
8 United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, "Fact Sheet: Do You Know Roe?” July, 18, 2018, https://www.usccb.org/issues-and-action/human-life-and-dignity/abortion/do-you-know-roe.
* Dobbs is the state health officer of the Mississippi State Department of Health.