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Abortion Appeals Waiting as U.S. Supreme Court Returns for New Term

  • Conservatives may signal whether they’re eager to overturn Roe
  • New appeals focus on ultrasounds, doctors’ qualifications
The U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C.

The U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C.

Photographer: Anna Moneymaker/Bloomberg
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Abortion cases are coming to the U.S. Supreme Court, and they’re only getting harder for the justices to avoid.

The court next week starts a new term that will give the clearest indication yet of how eager the justices are to roll back the right to end a pregnancy. Rulings on major cases could come next June in the heat of the presidential campaign.