Commentary In May, the Supreme Court put abortion on the docket for its upcoming session by agreeing to hear Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. The high court’s decision to hear this case registered on the seismometer of every American that carefully follows the abortion issue. It means that Roe v. Wade, which has defined abortion reality in the country since 1973, is open to review and could be overturned. The Mississippi law in question, which bans abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy, was struck down by an appeals court in 2019. The state then appealed to the Supreme Court. Last week, Mississippi’s attorney general submitted its brief to the Supreme Court. A central point of contention will be the issue of viability. Viability—the point at which the unborn child can survive outside of the womb—has been the legal criterion for drawing the line beyond which a woman’s alleged right …