BREAKING: Supreme Court To Hear TX Abortion Case

Bloomberg News reports:

The U.S. Supreme Court said it will hear arguments over Texas’s sharp restrictions on abortion, leaving the law in place for now while raising the stakes in what will be a transformational term for reproductive rights. The decision to let the law stay in effect came over the dissent of Justice Sonia Sotomayor. The measure bans abortion after about six weeks of pregnancy, far earlier than the Supreme Court previously allowed. The court will hear the case on an expedited basis, with arguments Nov. 1.

BREAKING: The Supreme Court will hear both challenges—one brought by providers, another brought by the Justice Department—to Texas’ six-week abortion ban on Nov. 1. It will NOT block the ban in the meantime. pic.twitter.com/OTOYbvG0IZ

— Mark Joseph Stern (@mjs_DC) October 22, 2021

Justice Sotomayor dissents from the Supreme Court’s refusal to halt Texas’ six-week abortion ban in the meantime, writing:

“Every day the Court fails to grant relief is devastating, both for individual women and for our constitutional system as a whole.”https://t.co/1hzOnPQzr3 pic.twitter.com/6zsEnKN2rb

— Mark Joseph Stern (@mjs_DC) October 22, 2021