The Supreme Court announced Monday it will hear arguments Dec. 1 on a Mississippi abortion restriction that poses a direct challenge to the landmark 1973 ruling …
The Supreme Court announced Monday it will hear arguments Dec.1 on a Mississippi abortion restriction that poses a direct challenge to the landmark 1973 ruling in Roe v. Wade. Oral arguments will take place just a few months after the court’s recent move to allow Texas’s six-week abortion ban to take effect, a ruling that left abortion opponents hopeful about their prospects in the upcoming dispute over Mississippi’s 15-week ban. The court agreed in May to take up the dispute, but anticipation over the case’s timeline has grown exponentially after the court’s Texas ruling signaled a likelihood that the justices could more formally curtail abortion rights when they decide the Mississippi case, with a decision expected by late June. Challengers to Mississippi’s 15-week abortion ban say that it should be invalidated under Roe v.
