Supreme Court allowed Texas to enforce a law that prohibits abortions after six weeks (5-4).Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. joining the court’s three liberal members in dissent. http://t.cn/A6Imy...
The Supreme Court will take up theTexas abortion lawon the merits next month in a rare highly-expedited case that could definitively resolve the fate of its six-week ban and unprecedented enforcement mechanism. SB8 will remain in effect for the near future until the court issues its decision,...
News Item: Texas State Court Rules SB 8 Enforcement Mechanism is Unconstitutional (Category: News Reports) Saturday 11 December 2021 - 12:29:25
MORE: Supreme Court thwarts bid to block SB8 on 'dark day' for Texas abortion rights Marc Hearron, senior counsel at the Center for Reproductive Rights, said in a comment, "The Supreme Court left only a small sliver of our case intact, and it's clear that this part of the case wi...
The U.S. Supreme Court issuedtwodecisionson December 10 which will help the lower federal courts involved in the case determine who are proper Defendants in the case, but left the law, also known as SB8, in effect. The day before, a Texas state court judge also issued a...
Twenty states, including Texas, banned or severely restricted abortion after the Supreme Courtoverturned Roe v. Wadein 2022. Violating the Texas' abortion law is considered a felony. Before the 2022 decision, Texas, under SB-8, had banned abortion at six weeks with no exceptions for rape, in...
President Joe Biden is denouncing the Supreme Court’s decision not to block a new Texas law banning most abortions in the state.
SB8 will remain in effect across Texas until the Supreme Court rules. The court’s decision to expedite the case demonstrates rare speed not seen since the Bush v. Gore case in 2000; a ruling is widely expected before the end of the year. ...
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Those who called on the Supreme Court to take action said SB 8 would “immediately and catastrophically reduce abortion access” if it were allowed to go into effect and cause more clinics to shutter. Roughly 85 to 90 percent of people who get abortions in Texas are at least six weeks pre...