A flurry of 'amicus' briefs; outside parties intervene in FL Supreme Court's pivotal abortion case
The Florida Supreme Court fight over the state’s 15-week abortion ban has attracted a dizzying number of interventions from outside parties who want a say in a case whose outcome will reverberate throughout the country.
These parties include religious groups both opposing and favoring access to abortion. Medical and social-justice groups, too, plus 19 states that already have restricted abortion access. The Florida Legislature has filed arguments, too.
In legal practice, these intervenors are known as “amicus curiae,” or “friends of the court.”
Those states are Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, and West Virginia. Their brief sums up the reason nonparties to a legal dispute want to weigh in: “to aid the court” as it confronts a dispute of great importance.
“Amici have defended the ability of their citizens and elected representatives to decide how to address the hard issue of abortion. Amici have seen the benefits of allowing the people to make those decisions for themselves. And amici have a considered perspective on why a general right of privacy does not support a right to abortion. Amici bring to this brief the benefit of these experiences as the court considers these issues,” it reads.
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