Wade case set, Reeves wrote, the law would not pass muster in higher courts, either. If higher courts followed the Supreme Court precedent the pivotal 1973 Roe v. "If a fetus is not viable at 15 weeks, it is not viable at 6 weeks." "This Court previously found the 15-week ban to be an unconstitional violation of substantive due process because the Supreme Court has repeatedly held that women have the right to choose an abortion prior to viability, and a fetus is not viable at 15 weeks," Reeves wrote in his May 24 decision. The 5th Circuit is reviewing that ruling, too. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi Judge Carlton Reeves struck the law down, noting in a May 24 ruling that he had already struck down a 15-week ban in 2018. The state's only abortion clinic, the Jackson Women's Health Organization immediately filed a lawsuit to stop the law, joined by the Center for Reproductive Rights. Supporters of abortion rights point out that it bans practically all abortions, because heartbeats are detectable around six weeks into a pregnancy- before many women even know they are pregnant. The Mississippi Legislature passed and Republican Gov. Court of Appeals in New Orleans is reviewing that decision. Mississippi's ban on abortions after a heartbeat becomes detectable could be revived if a three-judge panel in New Orleans decides to reverse a Jackson federal judge's earlier ruling that the law is unconstitutional.
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