Tuesday, May 18, 2021

Abortion Bans - Overturning Roe v. Wade?

The U.S. Supreme Court has just agreed to hear a case in the fall about a Mississippi abortion ban that clearly violates the ruling in Roe v. Wade which gives a woman the right to abort before viability of the fetus. The lower court held that the law couldn't stand. The fact that the Court agreed to hear the case makes many think that the conservative majority intends to overrule Roe. Nina Totenberg has the story here. 4 min. 19 sec., transcript available.