Mississippi enacted a law generally prohibiting abortions after fifteen weeks, and Jackson Women's Health Organization challenged it under this Court's abortion precedents. The Court upheld the law and rejected Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey as constitutional frameworks. The majority held that the Constitution does not confer a right to abortion and returned authority to regulate abortion to the people and their elected representatives. The dissents warned that the decision withdrew a constitutional protection recognized for decades.