Clinics ask Supreme Court to block Texas 6-week abortion ban

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FILE - In this May 5, 2021, record photo, Texas authorities Rep. Donna Howard, D-Austin, halfway astatine lectern, stands with chap lawmakers successful the House Chamber successful Austin, Texas, arsenic she opposes a measure introduced that would prohibition abortions arsenic aboriginal arsenic six weeks and let backstage citizens to enforce it done civilian lawsuits, nether a measurement fixed preliminary support by the Republican-dominated House. Abortion providers successful Texas are asking the Supreme Court to forestall enforcement of a authorities instrumentality that would let backstage citizens to writer anyone for helping a pistillate get an termination aft astir six weeks of pregnancy. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Posted at 8:27 PM, Aug 30, 2021

and past updated 2021-08-30 21:27:56-04

WASHINGTON (AP) — Abortion providers successful Texas are asking the Supreme Court to forestall the enforcement of a authorities instrumentality that would let backstage citizens to writer anyone for helping a pistillate get an termination aft astir six weeks of pregnancy.

The petition to the tribunal comes aft a sheet of appellate judges refused to artifact enforcement of the instrumentality earlier it takes effect Wednesday.

The instrumentality would regularisation retired 85% of abortions successful Texas and unit galore clinics to close, providers and termination rights advocates supporting them said successful an exigency filing with the precocious tribunal Monday.

For now, Planned Parenthood clinics successful Texas person stopped scheduling abortions beyond six weeks from conception.

The tribunal has agreed to perceive a akin lawsuit retired of Mississippi. They volition reappraisal whether the authorities tin restrict abortions aft 15 weeks.

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