Supreme Court to Consider Mississippi’s 15-Week Abortion Ban

Mississippi Republican Gov. Tate Reeves at the Governor's Mansion in Jackson, Mississippi on June 30, 2020. Rogelio V. Solis-Pool/Getty Images

The Supreme Court has decided to hear a Mississippi case that could allow states to ban abortions after 15 weeks of gestation.

The case will probably be heard in the fall of this year. It comes as Democrats and President Joe Biden intensify their push to expand the Supreme Court from its current nine members, in part to protect abortion rights.