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8  DOBBS v. JACKSON WOMEN’S HEALTH ORGANIZATION 

Syllabus 

“strong presumption of validity.”  Heller v. Doe, 509 U. S. 312, 319.  It 
must be sustained if there is a rational basis on which the legislature 
could have thought that it would serve legitimate state interests.  Id., 
at 320. 

Mississippi’s  Gestational  Age  Act  is  supported  by  the  Mississippi
Legislature’s specific findings, which include the State’s asserted in-
terest in “protecting the life of the unborn.”  §2(b)(i).  These legitimate
interests provide a rational basis for the Gestational Age Act, and it
follows that respondents’ constitutional challenge must fail.  Pp. 76– 
78. 

(e) Abortion presents a profound moral question.  The Constitution 
does not prohibit the citizens of each State from regulating or prohib-
iting  abortion.  Roe  and  Casey  arrogated  that  authority.    The  Court 
overrules those decisions and returns that authority to the people and
their elected representatives.  Pp. 78–79. 

945 F. 3d 265, reversed and remanded. 

ALITO, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which THOMAS, GOR-
SUCH,  KAVANAUGH,  and  BARRETT,  JJ.,  joined.  THOMAS,  J.,  and  KA-
VANAUGH, J., filed concurring opinions.  ROBERTS, C. J., filed an opinion 
concurring in the judgment.  BREYER, SOTOMAYOR, and KAGAN, JJ., filed 
a dissenting opinion.