When the first 20 week abortion ban was introduced in Nebraska in 2010, anti-abortion advocates weren’t shy about their hopes that the bill would make it to the Supreme Court. Now, three years and 12 states later, Arizona has petitioned the Supreme Court to review its 20-week abortion ban. If the court agrees to take it up, which it could as early as 2014, that might actually end up being bad news for abortion opponents, and undo years of carefully crafted strategy when it comes to overturning Roe v. Wade.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=204937