WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a challenge to Mississippi's ban on most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, giving the court's new conservative majority a chance to weigh in on the polarizing issue for the first time in a major case.
Both sides of the abortion debate had been closely watching whether the court would take the case, attempting to parse meaning from the longer-than-usual delay. Some had speculated the court was eager to avoid taking up such a controversial case so soon after former President Donald Trump named three new justices to the bench.
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