The Supreme Court Considers the Future of Roe

Published: Dec. 2, 2021, 10:45 a.m.

b'On Wednesday, the Supreme Court heard a case that was a frontal challenge to Roe v. Wade, the nearly 50-year-old decision that established a constitutional right to abortion.\\n\\nThe case in front of the justices was about a Mississippi law that bans abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy.\\n\\nFor the state to win, the court, which now has a conservative majority, would have to do real damage to the central tenet of the Roe ruling.\\n\\nWe explore the arguments presented in this case and how the justices on either side of the political spectrum responded to them.'