Barrett Offers Supreme Court Many Paths to Erode Abortion Rights

Roe v. Wade isn’t the only landmark ruling at stake. 

Amy Coney Barrett

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Adding another conservative justice to the U.S. Supreme Court will put the high court's right flank in the strongest position in decades to erode reproductive rights.

The question going into Amy Coney Barrett’s Senate confirmation hearings Monday is how the new justice, and a newly composed court, might go about dismantling abortion access in the U.S. Would she help overturn Roe v. Wade or opt for a different route?