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Amici are over 150 economists and researchers with extensive experience in the field of causal inference. The brief explains that since Casey, advances in statistical methodology have allowed for new ways to measure the causal impact of abortion on women’s lives. The research suggests that Roe played a causal role in women’s advancements in social […]

Amici are the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, the US Association for the Study of Pain, and leading doctors and researchers in the field of fetal care and pain. The brief explains that there is well-established and widely accepted scientific evidence and medical consensus that a fetus cannot experience pain […]

Amici are the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, the American Medical Association, and 23 other leading national medical societies and associations committed to the provision of safe, quality reproductive healthcare, including abortion. Amici’s position is that Mississippi’s ban on abortions is fundamentally at odds with the provision of safe and essential health care and […]

Amici are Human Rights Watch, Global Justice Center, and Amnesty International. The brief details the impact that abortion bans and restrictions have globally on individuals’ health and, in particular, disadvantaged people living in poverty and minority populations. It explains how countries around the world allow abortion on broad grounds and that the right to abortion […]

Amicus is the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO). Global experience shows that legally restricting abortion care results in more abortions that are unsafe, not fewer abortions overall. Harms from unsafe abortion fall disproportionately on poor and marginalized people, exacerbating social inequality. The brief argues that the global trend toward liberalization has contributed to […]

Amici are legal scholars with expertise in international and comparative law. The brief provides the Court with a comparative analysis of national abortion laws globally, concluding that the viability standard established in Roe and Casey is consistent with abortion laws of comparable jurisdictions, namely countries with similar legal traditions and political systems. The brief demonstrates […]

Amici are independent human rights experts appointed by the United Nations Human Rights Council, including Special Rapporteurs and members of the UN Working Group on discrimination against women and girls. The brief explains how international human rights law protects abortion access and how human rights law should guide the Court in this case. The brief […]

Amici are established legal scholars with expert knowledge of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (ECHR) and the jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights. The brief explains that abortion is legal and widely available in most of the 47 Member States of the Council of Europe. The […]

Amici are legal scholars with expertise in reproductive justice. The brief argues that the Mississippi abortion ban is unconstitutional and would impose significant burdens on a vulnerable group of marginalized people – Black women. Reproductive justice understands that reproductive autonomy includes the right to decide whether to continue or terminate a pregnancy. Amici argue that […]

Amici are law professors who research, write, and teach about court procedure, federal courts, judicial decision making, and civil procedure. Amici argue that the Supreme Court does not generally allow a party to challenge established precedent in its merits briefing if its certiorari petition did not ask the Court to do so. This is a […]