FILE PHOTO: Charla Roshto prepares the recovery room at the Hope Medical Group for Women in Shreveport, Louisiana, U.S., February 13, 2020. REUTERS/Lila Engelbrecht/File Photo
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court returns to the issue of abortion rights on Wednesday when it considers a challenge to a Louisiana law that imposes restrictions on doctors in a major case that could make it harder for women to obtain the procedure.
The court, with a 5-4 conservative majority, is set to hear an hour of arguments beginning at 10 a.m. (1500 GMT) in an appeal by Shreveport-based abortion provider Hope Medical Group for Women seeking to invalidate the 2014 law. Two of Louisiana's three clinics that perform abortions would be forced to close if the law is allowed to take effect, according to lawyers for the clinic.
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