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Abortion rights advocates and anti-abortion protesters demonstrate in front of the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C.
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The Supreme Court will weigh in Wednesday on the future of abortion rights — and whether to uphold a Mississippi law that bans abortion after 15 weeks and overrule the 1973 Roe vs. Wade decision.
Proponents from both side gathered outside the Supreme Court.
Juanito Estevez, of Freeport, N.Y., holds a cross as he and abortion rights advocates and anti-abortion protesters demonstrate in front of the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C.
(Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times)
![Abortion rights advocates and anti-abortion protesters demonstrate in front of the Supreme Court in Washington, DC.](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/7e954b6/2147483647/strip/true/crop/5000x3474+0+0/resize/2000x1390!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F6b%2F0a%2F86e003a142f2a8446a075aa4df03%2Fgettyimages-1236933310.jpg)
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Supreme Court’s conservatives justices may have the votes to limit abortion to the first 15 weeks of a pregnancy or overturn Roe vs. Wade entirely.
![Abortion rights advocates and anti-abortion protesters demonstrate in front of the Supreme Court in Washington, DC.](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/cdfc9d1/2147483647/strip/true/crop/5000x3404+0+0/resize/2000x1362!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fca%2F60%2F2cf066cb4bc2b5b8afef928f9b75%2Fgettyimages-1236934396.jpg)
(OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP/Getty Images)
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(Andrew Harnik/Associated Press)
Abortion rights advocates and anti-abortion protesters demonstrate in front of the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C.
(Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times)
![Jo Luttazi shows green gloves with "Bans Off Our Bodies" printed on them.](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/dc24f5f/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2351x1567+0+0/resize/2000x1333!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F9a%2F87%2Fb841a74f40aab61e56980557f183%2Fap21335521069222.jpg)
Jo Luttazi shows her hands with a protest message on gloves outside the Supreme Court in Washington D.C. Luttazi came to the protest with the belief that everyone should have access to abortion as a form of healthcare.
(Parker Purifoy/Associated Press)
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