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(WASHINGTON) The Supreme Court justices appeared deeply conflicted on Tuesday over the treatment of pregnant pigs, the prices consumers pay at the grocery store and California's attempt to shape the pork industry with a ban on meat from mother sows kept in too narrowly confined spaces. An oral argument in the case, National Pork ....
ABC News(MARSHALL, Minn.) A battle over bacon is headed to the U.S. Supreme Court with major stakes for farmers, pregnant pigs and the prices Americans pay at the grocery store. The nation's $20-billion pork industry is asking the justices to strike down California's Proposition 12, which would ban the sale of all pork from mother pigs housed in cages or crowded group pens with less than 24-square-feet each the amount of room needed for an animal to turn around. Oral arguments in the case are set for Tuesday. WATCH: Rare access inside a major commercial pig farm. How are sows treated and what's at stake in Prop 12? Monday night, 7 p.m. ET, on ABC News Live Prime streaming on Hulu and ABC apps. Proposition 12 was approved four years ago, though it never took effect and is now on hold pending judicial review. Opponents call the rules overly restrictive on their businesses with ramifications beyond one state. California officials note that voters backed the changes by ....
The Supreme Court will hear arguments on Tuesday over California's Proposition 12, which bans the sale of all pork from mother pigs in cages or pens under a certain size ....