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Supreme Court refuses to block Texas abortion law as legal fights move forward : NPR
An anti-abortion activist rallies outside the Supreme Court on Nov. 1, as arguments about Texas’ abortion law begin. The court has allowed the law to remain in place for now. Jacquelyn Martin/AP hide caption toggle caption Jacquelyn Martin/AP An anti-abortion activist rallies outside the Supreme Court on Nov. 1, as arguments about Texas’ abortion law begin. The court has allowed the law to remain in place for now. Jacquelyn Martin/AP The U.S. Supreme Court allowed abortion providers to challenge the Texas law that essentially bans abortions after about six weeks. Separately, the court dismissed as improvidently granted the Justice Department’s
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Arguments on Texas Abortion Law to be Heard by Supreme Court Justices
[Follow our live coverage of the Supreme Court’s hearing on the Texas Abortion Law.] WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is hearing arguments on Monday in challenges to a Texas law that has sharply curtailed abortions in the state. The law, which went into effect on Sept. 1 after the court declined to block it in a bitterly divided 5-to-4 decision, was drafted to evade review in federal court, a goal the state has so far achieved. The law, which bans most abortions after about six weeks and includes no exceptions for pregnancies resulting from rape or incest, has caused
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Supreme Court leaves Texas abortion ban in place, agrees to take up legal battle over law
Washington — The Supreme Court on Friday said it will take up this term a legal battle over a Texas law that bans most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy, adding a second case involving abortion to its docket in what is already a blockbuster term. The abortion ban, known as S.B. 8, will remain in place while the Supreme Court considers the cases. In a pair of orders, the court set oral arguments in a challenge brought by the Justice Department and a separate case brought by abortion providers in Texas for November 1. The question to be
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Justice Dept. to Ask Supreme Court to Block Texas Abortion Law
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration will ask the Supreme Court to block a Texas law that bans most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy while a challenge to it moves forward, a spokesman for the Justice Department said on Friday. Last month, in a separate case brought by abortion providers, the Supreme Court allowed the law to go into effect in a bitterly divided decision. The new challenge — from a different party and based on different legal theories — will let the justices take a fresh look at the law, known as Senate Bill 8. The vote in the
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