(TheRedAlertNews.com) – The abortionist crowd is not letting up, pressing ahead with its all-out attack on the 2022 US Supreme Court ruling, which overturned Roe v. Wade, allowing states to pass abortion bans – as several top state courts have recently heard oral arguments in the leftist lawsuits.
The Supreme Courts of three US states—New Mexico, Arizona, and Wyoming—heard oral arguments in significant abortion-related cases in recent days, The Daily Caller reports.
These hearings are consequential, coming after the US Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Center in June 2022, which concluded that abortion is not a constitutional right.
This ruling has led to an influx of both pro-abortion and pro-life legislation across various states, sparking numerous legal challenges.
In New Mexico, several counties passed ordinances citing the 1873 Comstock Act, which prohibits mailing materials deemed “obscene, lewd, lascivious,” including those related to contraception and abortion.
In response, the New Mexico legislature enacted HB 7, which ensures the state does not restrict access to reproductive health services, including abortion, as reported by Source NM.
The city of Eunice then filed a lawsuit against Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham and Attorney General Raúl Torrez, citing the Comstock Act as the supreme federal law.
Torrez, countering the city’s lawsuit, called the Comstock Act an “antiquated federal law” in a press release.
“Statewide access to healthcare is not determined by cities and counties. All New Mexicans deserve equal access to health care, including abortion services, regardless of where they live in the state,” he said.
The New Mexico Supreme Court, after hearing arguments for an hour on Wednesday, appeared likely to invalidate the ordinances but was not inclined to support the attorney general’s claim that abortion is a constitutional right.
In Arizona, the state Supreme Court heard a case involving a law dating back to the 1800s that criminalizes performing abortions except to save the mother’s life.
The state had also passed a 15-week abortion ban in March, which does not supersede existing laws.
In Wyoming, the Supreme Court is deliberating on whether to allow Republican state representatives to join a lawsuit challenging the state’s Life Is a Human Right Act, which bans abortions with limited exceptions.
Tim Garrison of ADF argued for their inclusion, stating the law permits intervention by parties with an “interest in the lawsuit.”
Teton County District Judge Melissa Owens, who is overseeing the case, has not yet issued a ruling.
The Texas Supreme Court recently decided against a pregnant woman seeking an exemption from the state’s near-total abortion ban.
The US Supreme Court also announced it would review a case concerning the FDA’s approval of the abortion pill mifepristone, the first major abortion case since Dobbs.
