Supreme Court Suggests Divide Over Louisiana Abortion Limits (2)

The U.S. Supreme Court signaled a sharp divide in its first abortion case in four years, with Chief Justice John Roberts sending few clues about how he will cast his pivotal vote.

The justices are considering a challenge to a Louisiana law requiring clinic doctors to have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital. The statute is similar to a Texas measure the court struck down in 2016, before President Donald Trump made two nominations that shifted the court to the right.

The case is testing Roberts’s appetite for rolling back abortion-rights precedents and could foreshadow a fight over the landmark ...