The Eighth Circuit will hear oral arguments this week in two abortions cases, just prior to President Donald Trump’s expected nomination of a new, strongly anti-abortion U.S. Supreme Court justice.
Arkansas laws restricting abortions after 18 weeks’ gestation and those based on a fetal diagnosis of Down syndrome are under review in a case slated to be argued in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit Wednesday.
Thursday, the Eighth Circuit will hear arguments on Missouri provisions that impose a cascading gestational age ban beginning at eight weeks, and a reason ban similar to Arkansas’. The “cascading” nature ...