Five takeaways from US supreme court’s Mississippi abortion rights case hearing

The Dobbs v Jackson Women's Health Oganization case could weaken the provisions of the landmark 1973 Roe v Wade ruling

The US supreme court heard oral arguments on Wednesday in the most significant abortion rights case since the landmark 1973 supreme court ruling in Roe v Wade which effectively legalized abortion in the US.

The case, Dobbs v Jackson Women's Health Organization, pits the leadership of Mississippi against the state's last abortion clinic. The state seeks to ban abortion after 15 weeks gestation and asks the highest court to overturn Roe.