Editor's Pick Two Nebraska towns have approved local abortion bans. Does it matter? Sara Gentzler World-Herald Staff Writer Dec 6, 2021 Dec 6, 2021 Updated May 23, 2023 0 Prefer us on Google Learn More Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save US Supreme Court is weighing a Mississippi abortion case that could ultimately overturn landmark 1973 Roe v Wade ruling. kAm(9:=6 5632E6 @G6C E96 C:89E E@ 23@CE:@? C286D @? E96 ?2E:@?2= DE286 2?5 25G@42E6D AC6A2C6 7@C 32EE=6 2E E96 DE2E6 =6G6=[ 5@K6?D @7 =@42= 8@G6C?>6?ED 92G6 A2DD65 @C5:?2?46D D66<:?8 E@ @FE=2H 23@CE:@? =@42==J[ :?4=F5:?8 EH@ :? }63C2D<2]k^AmkAm%96 4:EJ @7 q=F6 w:== WA@AF=2E:@? C@F89=J h__X 2?5 G:==286 @7 w2J6D r6?E6C W9@>6 E@ 23@FE a__X A2DD65 @C5:?2?46D :? pAC:=] %H@ >@C6 — E96 4:EJ @7 rFCE:D 2?5 E96 G:==286 @7 sF??:?8 — 92G6 E2<6? :?:E:2= G@E6D @? E96:C @H?]k^AmkAmp?E:\23@CE:@? 25G@42E6D 766= 6?4@FC2865 3J @C2= 2C8F>6?ED E9:D A2DE H66< :? s@33D G] y24<D@? (@>6?’D w62=E9 ~C82?:K2E:@?[ :? 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