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Updated: 11:28 a.m. on Monday, May 17, 2021
The Supreme Court announced Monday it will take up a major abortion case, weighing Mississippi’s ban on abortion after 15 weeks.
The legal battle gives the justices a chance to revisit the landmark 1973 ruling Roe v Wade, which legalized abortion nationwide, and subsequent precedent like the court’s 1992 ruling in Planned Parenthood v. Casey, which upheld the right to abortion without “undue influence” from the state.
At least four of the nine justices voted to hear the case. The court’s order on Monday did not identify the justices or comment on the case.
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The Supreme Court says it ll take a case that may erode Roe v. Wade and affect reproductive rights.
The court previously allowed abortion-pill access to be limited during the coronavirus pandemic.
An expert told Insider arrests for seeking abortions could increase if Roe v. Wade were overturned.
The US Supreme Court on Monday announced plans to take up a major abortion case that could allow it to severely limit or overturn landmark court rulings on abortion, including Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey.
The case, Dobbs v. Jackson Women s Health Organization, concerns a law in Mississippi that bans most abortions after 15 weeks, SCOTUSblog first noted.
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The U.S. Supreme Court announced Monday it will take up an abortion rights case seen as a major challenge to Roe v. Wade and what would be the first direct test on the issue for the court s new conservative majority, including the three justices nominated by President Donald Trump.
Supreme Court takes up case that could limit Roe v. Wade: Justices agree to hear challenge to Mississippi s ban on most abortions after 15 weeks
The Court has agreed to take up the case of a Mississippi law that bans almost all abortions after 15 weeks
First abortion case with new Justice Amy Coney Barrett
Considered test of laws that ban abortion when a fetus is not viable or able to survive outside the womb
Gives the court chance to allow further restrictions or even rule against landmark Roe v. Wade case
Jackson Women s Health Organization, the sole abortion clinic in the state, sued to try to block Mississippi law