Abortion Providers Want SCOTUS to Skip Mississippi Law Review

The U.S. Supreme Court should deny a petition for review of a decision blocking Mississippi from enforcing restrictions on abortions beginning at 15 weeks’ gestation, abortion providers told the nation’s top court.

The Mississippi law is patently unconstitutional under nearly 50 years of U.S. Supreme Court precedent holding that a woman has a right to end a pregnancy before the fetus would be able to live outside the womb, Jackson Women’s Health Organization and others told the court Wednesday.

There also was no reason to review the second question raised by the state—whether abortion providers have third-party standing to challenge ...