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Abortion Case Injects Supreme Court Into 2022 Election Fight

  • Supreme Court agrees to hear case that could gut Roe v. Wade
  • Anti-abortion ruling could overshadow GOP hits on Biden agenda
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The U.S. Supreme Court’s agreement to take up a Mississippi abortion case has injected an unexpected culture-war issue into a 2022 midterm election season that both parties hoped would be a referendum on President Joe Biden’s economic plan.

Whichever side wins at the high court could end up losing at the ballot box. Both abortion rights groups and anti-abortion activists are gearing up to make Roe v. Wade an unavoidable issue as the races for Congress and state government offices heat up.