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How pregnant Americans may be affected by Supreme Court ruling on Mississippi abortion law

PBS, 01 Dec 2021
In one of the most aggressive challenges to Roe v. Wade, the landmark Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion in America, justices on Wednesday will decide the constitutionality of Mississippi's 2018 law banning most abortions after 15 weeks. If the court overturns Roe, abortion bans passed in a dozen states since the 1973 ruling would immediately go into effect. Amna Nawaz reports.

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