Supreme Court Rules Abortion Providers May Sue Texas

The Associated Press reports:

The Supreme Court has ruled that Texas abortion providers can sue over the state’s ban on most abortions, but the justices are allowing the law to remain in effect.

The court acted Friday, more than a month after hearing arguments over the law that makes abortion illegal after cardiac activity is detected in an embryo.

The outcome is at best only a partial victory for abortion providers. The same federal judge who already has once blocked the law almost certainly will be asked to do so again.

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BREAKING: The Supreme Court allows abortion clinics to continue to pursue their challenge to Texas’ near-total ban on abortions.https://t.co/uIydz88kz8

— SCOTUSblog (@SCOTUSblog) December 10, 2021

??? BREAKING: SUPREME COURT SIDES WITH CLINICS CHALLENGING TEXAS ABORTION LAW

The vote is 9-0 to revive litigation against Texas’s novel 6-week ban enforced through private lawsuits

— Steven Mazie (@stevenmazie) December 10, 2021