Tuesday, May 18, 2021

Supreme Court will Hear Abortion Case

Development at 12 Weeks
The baby measures about 2 inches and starts to make its own movements. You may start to feel the top of your uterus above your pubic bone. Your doctor may hear the baby's heartbeat with special instruments. The sex organs of the baby should start to become clear. At 16 weeks, the baby's eyes can blink and the heart and blood vessels are fully formed. The baby's fingers and toes have fingerprints

Supreme Court Agrees to Take on Major Abortion Case

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to take a major abortion case and would consider Mississippi’s appeal of a lower court ruling that reversed a ban on most abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy.

The case stems from the 2018 Gestational Age Act that was passed in Mississippi, which allowed abortions after 15 weeks only in medical emergencies or in cases involving severe fetal abnormality.

The Supreme Court will start hearing arguments in October.

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