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The U.S. Supreme Court is poised to undermine a landmark decision upholding a woman鈥檚 right to choose abortion.

On Wednesday, the court heard oral arguments regarding the constitutionality of a Mississippi , passed in 2018, which outlaws abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy, allegedly undermining Roe v. Wade鈥檚 dictum that abortion be allowed before fetus viability (generally considered to be 24 weeks).

鈥淭his is probably one of the most important abortion cases the court has heard in 30 years,鈥� Seattle University School of Law professor Sital Kalantry told 成人X站 Radio鈥檚 Gee and Ursula Show.

鈥淭he court is considering, in a way, a Mississippi statute that clearly is already unconstitutional under the viability standard, because it only allows a termination of a pregnancy 鈥� within 15 weeks,” Kalantry said. “The composition of the court makes people worry that there is going to be a big change.鈥�

After a flurry of appointments under the Trump administration, the U.S. Supreme Court skews conservative by majority, with only Justices Stephen G. Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor, and Elena Kagan on the record avowing to support Roe v. Wade.

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鈥淔rom [their] oral arguments 鈥� yesterday, we heard Justice Kavanaugh asking questions that suggested that he is willing to overturn prior precedent in his questioning,鈥� Kalantry continued.

Kavanaugh invoked previous Supreme Court decision reversals during oral arguments, referencing case law which formerly upheld segregation and anti-sodomy later determined to be unconstitutional. Extrapolating from there to Roe v. Wade, he implied that the court retains the ability to change its judgement on the matter.

鈥淭he problem, in my view, is that in those cases, 鈥� the court didn’t find that there was a constitutional right for people to not be segregated,鈥� Kalantry added. 鈥淏ut the later cases actually found the constitutional rights. Here, we would be doing the reverse.鈥�

鈥泪苍 Roe v Wade, the court found that there is a constitutional right to choose under privacy,” he said. “If their decision were to overturn it, it would be unrolling a prior constitutional protection.鈥�

The court鈥檚 decision is not expected until June or July 2022, and there is a wide spectrum of potential outcomes therein. The court could overturn the Mississippi statute or not, either decision of which implicates Roe v. Wade and establishes precedent for other states as they grapple with the issue.

鈥淲e know that five members of the court are avowedly anti-abortion, 鈥� Kalantry said. 鈥淭hey’re very committed to this. If one thinks abortion is wrong in, you know, Idaho, why is it not wrong in Washington? That’s going to be the next question to be asked.鈥�

鈥淣obody can make a prediction of what the court will do,” Kalantry added. “Justice Roberts is going to try very hard to bring his conservative colleagues along into a compromise that might keep Roe in place.鈥�

Washington preserves state law that further safeguards the right to abortion. Planned Parenthood v. Casey and Initiative 120 both secured a woman鈥檚 right to abortion before fetus viability.

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