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Fate of Trump's first Supreme Court abortion case may come down to one justice NewsColony Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. emerged Wednesday as the pivotal, if inscrutable, key to whether a more conservative Supreme Court is ready to reconsider its precedents protecting abortion rights. The court’s four liberals appeared convinced that the Louisiana law at issue, requiring admitting privileges at nearby hospitals for abortion-clinic doctors, is identical to one from Texas that the Supreme Court struck down four years ago. That appeared to leave Roberts, now at the court’s ideological centre, holding the deciding vote. Download the new Independent Premium app Sharing the full story, not just the headlines Download now As the case was argued, he asked a variation of the same question to all three lawyers addressing the justices: Should the court undertake a fact-dependent, state-by-state analysis when reviewing such restrictions? That could indicate he felt he cou...