Judge Jackson Dissents in Abortion Case

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson dissented as the Supreme Court wiped out a federal appeals court ruling that upheld the right of a minor to go to court to obtain permission to seek an abortion without parental notification. Jackson argued that the justices have become too liberal in granting requests from parties to nullify rulings issued by lower courts. The ruling will have no practical effect in Missouri, which currently has one of the strictest abortion bans in the country, with no exemptions for rape or incest.