“This is a landmark opportunity for the Supreme Court to recognize the right of states to protect unborn children from the horrors of painful late-term abortions,” said Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of the Susan B. Anthony List, one of the largest anti-abortion advocacy groups.
The SBA List, along with many other anti-abortion organizations, has been pushing since last year for the court to grant certiorari, especially after the Senate confirmed former President Donald Trump’s third Supreme Court nominee, Justice Amy Coney Barrett. But when the court continued to
list and relist the case for its Friday conferences without any movement, some opponents of abortion began
How Trump and McConnell set the final pieces for the Supreme Court to reconsider Roe v. Wade
The Supreme Court has agreed to take up a major abortion case next term concerning a controversial Mississippi law that banned most abortions after 15 weeks, rekindling a potentially major challenge to Roe v. Wade at the majority conservative court.
Posted: May 17, 2021 12:58 PM
Updated: May 17, 2021 2:45 PM
Posted By: CNN
Conservatives have been waiting decades for this moment: a transformed Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear an abortion case that directly challenges women s reproductive rights tracing to the 1973 Roe v. Wade milestone.
And unlike past times when Roe teetered in the balance, this is not a 5-4 court with the potential to suddenly dash the hopes of Republicans and religious conservatives. This is a 6-3 conservative-liberal bench. If one of the GOP appointees suddenly edges left, as happened before, a five-justice right-wing majority would still exist.
The US Supreme Court has agreed to consider a major roll-back of abortion rights, saying it will take up Mississippi's bid to enforce a 15-week ban on abortion.