The United States Supreme Court on Wednesday will hear what may be its most significant case in decades on the controversial subject of abortion. At issue is a state law in Louisiana which requires doctors who perform abortions to have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital. That and most of those other laws have been struck down by lower courts, but anti-abortion groups are hoping to put the issue before the Supreme Court and force it to revisit Roe v. Wade. Is that enough to undo a case?” asked Ziegler, author of “Beyond Abortion: Roe v Wade and the Battle for Privacy.”Roe v Wade is the landmark 1973 Supreme Court case that legalized a woman’s right to an abortion. “Abortion carries known risks of serious complications that may require intervention in a hospital,” the state said in a brief for the court.

Source: Punch March 04, 2020 05:37 UTC