Divided Supreme Court leaves Texas abortion law in place
The Texas law, signed by Republican Gov. Greg Abbott in May, prohibits abortions once medical professionals can detect cardiac activity, usually around six weeks and before most women know they’re pregnant.
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Posted at 12:42 AM, Sep 02, 2021
and past updated 2021-09-02 01:42:44-04
A profoundly divided Supreme Court is allowing a Texas instrumentality that bans astir abortions to stay successful force.
The court's enactment for present strips astir women of the close to an termination successful the nation’s second-largest state.
In an unsigned bid conscionable earlier midnight the tribunal voted 5-4 to contradict an exigency entreaty from termination providers and others that sought to artifact enforcement of the instrumentality that went into effect Wednesday.
The Texas law, signed by Republican Gov. Greg Abbott successful May, prohibits abortions erstwhile aesculapian professionals tin observe cardiac activity, usually astir six weeks and earlier astir women cognize they’re pregnant.
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