Biden Administration Urges Supreme Court to Uphold Roe v. Wade

The federal government urged the Supreme Court to reaffirm the right to an abortion and strike down Mississippi’s ban on abortions after 15 weeks.

If “States are permitted to ban pre-viability abortion, the effects are likely to be felt most acutely by young women, women of color, and those of lesser means, further diminishing their opportunities to participate fully and equally in the Nation’s social and economic life,” the government said in its brief filed Monday.

Even if the current court would not come out the same way if Roe and the court’s 1992 ruling, Planned Parenthood v. Casey, ...