Supreme Court to hear challenge to Roe v. Wade

The Supreme Court on Monday accepted a Mississippi challenge to the abortion precedent set by Roe v. Wade.

In an unsigned order, the court said that it would hear the case but limited its scope to the first question presented in the petition, which is whether “all pre-viability prohibitions on elective abortion are unconstitutional.” The court will not consider the other two questions, which related to scrutiny of abortion restrictions.