Supreme Court to take up major abortion case that could undermine Roe v. Wade

The Supreme Court said Monday it would take up a Mississippi case involving whether pre-viability prohibitions on elective abortions are unconstitutional.

The U.S. Supreme Court announced Monday it will take up an abortion rights case seen as a major challenge to Roe v. Wade and what would be the first direct test on the issue for the court's new conservative majority, including the three justices nominated by President Donald Trump. The justices said Monday that next term they would hear Mississippi's appeal of lower court decisions striking down a state ban on all abortions after 15 weeks, with exception of medical emergencies or severe fetal abnormality. The court said it would be considering the question of whether all pre-viability prohibitions on elective abortions are unconstitutional. The case will likely be argued next fall and decided by June 2022.