Fetal Viability at Heart of SCOTUS Abortion Case: Legal Historian

This week, the Supreme Court decided to take up Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, Mississippi’s 2018 law banning abortions at 15 weeks. Mary Ziegler, a legal historian and Florida State University law professor, explains why the question of fetal viability is so key to this decision, and how the case could unwind Roe v. Wade.