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Conservatives fret over Supreme Court’s delay in accepting abortion case

WASHINGTON — The future of Roe v. Wade and the rights of women to choose abortion are being fought out in an unusual dispute within the Supreme Court. At issue is whether to take up a direct challenge to the landmark abortion decision, an early test for the court with three appointees of President Donald Trump. Conservatives who have long targeted Roe believed they had won a historic victory a ...

WASHINGTON — The future of Roe v. Wade and the rights of women to choose abortion are being fought out in an unusual dispute within the Supreme Court.

At issue is whether to take up a direct challenge to the landmark abortion decision, an early test for the court with three appointees of President Donald Trump.

Conservatives who have long targeted Roe believed they had won a historic victory a week before Trump lost his reelection bid. Justice Amy Coney Barrett took her seat at the end of October, giving the court six conservatives who had been appointed by Republican presidents who opposed abortion. The death of

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