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The US Supreme Court starts hearing arguments over a Mississippi law banning abortion after 15 weeks. The case which challenges abortion rights across the US comes after former US Vice-President Mike Pence called on the Court to overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v Wade case that legalised abortion in the US.

Mr Pence said the ruling was "a misguided decision" that harmed millions of unborn babies. If Roe v Wade is quashed, millions of women would lose access to abortions. It would include abortions of pregnancies caused by rape or incest.

Amy Nobles is from Mississippi and was impregnated by her rapist. She explains why she has written to Supreme Court justices begging them not to take away women’s constitutional rights to choose.

(Photo: Protesters and supporters of reproductive choice argue at the Abortion Freedom Fighters Rally, in Jackson, Mississippi, U.S., October 2, 2021. Credit: REUTERS/Rory Doyle)