Mike Pence cheers potential overturning of Roe v. Wade on eve of Supreme Court arguments
ABC News
On the eve of what could be the most consequential challenge to abortion access on a federal level, Mike Pence called for SCOTUS to totally annihilate Roe v. Wade.
On the eve Supreme Court oral arguments in a case that could overturn Roe v. Wade, former Vice President Mike Pence on Tuesday cheered the potential for its abolishment.
"As we stand here today, we may well be on the verge of an era when the Supreme Court sends Roe v. Wade to the ash heap of history where it belongs," Pence said at a National Press Club gathering hosted by anti-abortion group the Susan B. Anthony List.
On Wednesday, the conservative majority Supreme Court hears oral arguments in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health over a Mississippi law that bans abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy. Though initially blocked and put on hold by lower courts, Mississippi is asking the Supreme Court to abolish the 24-to-26 week standard of fetal viability and give individual states the power to set their own abortion mandates.
If successful, Mississippi would be responsible for dismantling one of the most protective abortion rights rulings in decades, a major win for conservatives nationwide as the GOP gains a competitive edge in the impending midterm election season.
