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Doctor named in abortion case has nothing to do with lawsuit

FILE - Mississippi State Health Officer Dr. Thomas Dobbs, right, watches Gov. Tate Reeves during a COVID-19 news briefing in Jackson, Miss., on Aug. 13, 2021. Dobbs has never gotten involved in political fights over reproductive health, but his name has become shorthand for a legal case that could end abortion rights in the United States. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File) FILE - State epidemiologist Dr. Thomas Dobbs, left, and former Mississippi State Health Officer, Dr. Mary Currier, attend a news conference, on Oct. 22, 2014, in Jackson, Miss. The legal fight over abortion started when Mississippi’s only abortion clinic sued over the 15-week ban. The suit was originally called Jackson Women’s Health Organization v. Currier et al. The main defendant was the state health officer at the time, Dr. Mary Currier. After she left, a judge removed Currier's name from the case and replaced it with Dobbs. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File) FILE - Derenda Hancock, co-organizer of the "Pinkhouse Defenders," a group of volunteers that shield and escort patients entering the Jackson Women's Health Organization (JWHO), Mississippi's last remaining abortion clinic, called the "Pinkhouse," stands watch on May 3, 2022. There is a case before the U.S. Supreme Court involving the state's ban on most abortions after the 15th week. But it could result in a reversal of Roe v. Wade. A leaked draft of a court opinion shows a conservative majority ready to topple the court's 1973 decision that established a nationwide right to abortion. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File) FILE - Pennsylvania Gov. Robert Casey celebrates his win in the state's 1990 Democratic gubernatorial primary in Scranton, Pa. Casey had worked with the state's legislature in 1989 to enact a law putting limitations on abortion. Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania challenged the law. In 1992, the Supreme Court upheld most of the restrictions, but also affirmed a woman's right to an abortion. The name of the case was Planned Parenthood v. Casey. The former governor was 68 when he died in 2000. (AP Photo/File) FILE - Norma McCorvey, right, the plaintiff in the landmark lawsuit Roe v. Wade, speaks up among other anti-abortion demonstrators inside House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office on Capitol Hill in Washington, on July 28, 2009. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File) FILE - Mississippi State Health Officer Dr. Thomas Dobbs flashes a peace sign as he leaves the Mississippi Capitol following a visit with lawmakers on March 15, 2021, in Jackson, Miss. Dobbs has never gotten involved in political fights over reproductive health, but his name has become shorthand for a legal case that could end abortion rights in the United States. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File) FILE - Mississippi State Health Officer Dr. Thomas Dobbs speaks with reporters about the state's preparations to deal with COVID-19, on March 2, 2020, at the Mississippi Capitol in Jackson, Miss. Dobbs has never gotten involved in political fights over reproductive health, but his name has become shorthand for a legal case that could end abortion rights in the United States. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File) FILE - Mississippi State Health Officer Dr. Thomas Dobbs responds to a reporter's question during a news briefing regarding Mississippi's COVID-19 response on Aug. 19, 2021, in Jackson, Miss. Dobbs has never gotten involved in political fights over reproductive health, but his name has become shorthand for a legal case that could end abortion rights in the United States. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)
Doctor named in abortion case has nothing to do with lawsuit