Justices Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan - the diminished liberal wing of the court - were in dissent. He wrote that there was no need to overturn the broad abortion precedents to rule in Mississippi’s favor. Digital Replica Edition Home Page Close MenuĬhief Justice John Roberts would have stopped short of ending the abortion right, noting that he would have done no more than uphold the Mississippi law at the heart of the case, a ban on abortion after 15 weeks.
