Supreme Court to Hear Abortion Case Challenging Roe v. Wade
The case, arising from a Mississippi law that bans most abortions after 15 weeks, could undermine the constitutional right to abortion established in Roe v. Wade.
Activists demonstrating for and against abortion rights in front of the Mississippi State Capitol in 2019.Credit...Andrea Morales for The New York Times
May 17, 2021Updated 12:58 p.m. ET
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday said it would hear a case from Mississippi that could undermine Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that established a constitutional right to abortion.
The new case, concerning a state law that seeks to ban abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, will give the court’s new 6-to-3 majority its first opportunity to address the subject, and supporters of abortion rights reacted to the development with dismay.