The Supreme Court Considers the Future of Roe

<p>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.</p><p>The case in front of the justices was about a Mississippi law that bans abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy.</p><p>For 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.</p><p>We explore the arguments presented in this case and how the justices on either side of the political spectrum responded to them. </p><p>Guest: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/adam-liptak?smid=pc-thedaily">Adam Liptak</a>, a reporter covering the Supreme Court for The New York Times.</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/newsletters/signup/NTTD?smid=pc-thedaily">Sign up here</a> to get The Daily in your inbox each morning. And for an exclusive look at how the biggest stories on our show come together, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/newsletters/the-daily?module=inline">subscribe to our newsletter</a>. </p><p>Background reading: </p><ul><li>After oral arguments, the<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/01/us/politics/supreme-court-mississippi-abortion-law.html"> Supreme Court seemed poised to uphold the Mississippi abortion law</a>. Whether it will overrule Roe v. Wade remains unclear.</li><li>Here’s<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/article/mississippi-abortion-law.html?searchResultPosition=11"> what to know about the Mississippi law</a>.</li></ul><p>For more information on today’s episode, visit </p><p><a href="http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily">nytimes.com/thedaily</a></p><p>. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.</p>