Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves said the Supreme Court is in its right to review his state’s recent law that prohibits abortions after 15 weeks in a pregnancy.
Reeves told CNN’s Jake Tapper on Sunday that the high court should look into the law, citing that the science behind human formation has changed and become more expansive.
“We know so much more in America today about the formation of young children in the womb than we did when Roe v. Wade was decided in 1973,” Reeves said. “We know that the heart has partially formed at 15 weeks. We know that the baby in the womb is practicing breathing. We know that most internal organs have started to form, and we believe that that child is viable outside the womb.”
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The Republican governor added that his hopes are not for the court to overturn Roe v. Wade, a 1973 case that protects a woman’s right to opt for an abortion.
“The question is not are you going to overturn Roe v. Wade,” Reeves said. “The question is, the science has changed, and therefore, it makes sense for the court to review their decisions from the past, and this is a vehicle in which for them to do it.”
Mississippi‘s ban on abortion after 15 weeks is roughly two months earlier than Roe or other decisions allow, according to a report by the New York Times.
Oral arguments from the Supreme Court on Mississippi’s law will take place in the fall, and a decision will likely occur next spring or summer.
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It will be the first major abortion case heard by all three of former President Donald Trump’s appointees to the high court, which boosted its conservative majority to 6-3.
