Coverage dated October 7, 2021 to October 11, 2021

Justice Department Again Presses to Halt Texas Abortion Law

Headline from NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth, on the newest of 4 developments

The Biden administration is again urging courts to step in and suspend a new Texas law that has banned most abortions in the state since early September.

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  1. Texas asks appeals panel to reinstate abortion ban

    Headline from The Hill ·

  2. Texas clinics cancel abortions after court reinstates ban

    Headline from 12News Now Beaumont ·

  3. Justice Department looks for ways to challenge Texas abortion law

    Headline from FOX Business ·

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    Justice Department Again Presses to Halt Texas Abortion Law

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  1. CNN

    Texas asks appeals court to restore its 6-week abortion ban (opens CNN)

    Published

    CNN's feed description

    Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton asked the 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday to restore Texas' six-week abortion ban while a federal judge's ruling blocking the new law is appealed.

  2. The Hill

    Texas asks appeals panel to reinstate abortion ban (opens The Hill)

    Published

    The Hill's feed description

    Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) on Friday asked a federal appeals court to suspend an order blocking the state's six-week abortion ban while the ruling is appealed.

  3. Quad-City Times

    EXPLAINER: The Texas abortion law's swift impact, and future (opens Quad-City Times)

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    Quad-City Times's feed description

    AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Most abortions in Texas are banned again after clinics that had raced to provide them during a two-day legal reprieve canceled appointments Saturday following a whiplash

  4. NBC New York

    Texas Clinics Cancel Abortions After Court Reinstates Ban (opens NBC New York)

    Published

    NBC New York's feed description

    Texas abortion clinics are canceling appointments they had booked during a 48-hour reprieve from the nation’s most restrictive abortion law.

  5. Lebanon Express

    US appeals court lets Texas resume ban on most abortions (opens Lebanon Express)

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    Lebanon Express's feed description

    AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A federal appeals court Friday night quickly allowed Texas to resume banning most abortions, just one day after clinics began racing to serve patients again for

  6. Fox2 Detroit

    US appeals court lets Texas temporarily resume banning most abortions (opens Fox2 Detroit)

    Published

    Fox2 Detroit's feed description

    A federal appeals court Friday night allowed Texas to temporarily resume banning most abortions, just one day after clinics across the state began rushing to serve patients again for the first time since early September.

  7. Deutsche Welle

    US court temporarily reinstates Texas abortion law | DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

    Published

    Deutsche Welle's feed description

    Texas has won its bid at a federal appeals court to temporarily reimpose the strictest abortion law in the US.

  8. Valdosta Daily Times

    Federal appeals court temporarily reinstates nation’s strictest abortion law, letting Texas resume ban on most abortions (opens Valdosta Daily Times)

    Published

    Valdosta Daily Times's feed description

    AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Federal appeals court temporarily reinstates nation’s strictest abortion law, letting Texas resume ban on most abortions.

  9. Insider

    Texas law banning abortions after 6 weeks is back in effect, circuit court says (opens Insider)

    Published

    Insider's feed description

    On Friday, The 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals granted Texas' request and issued a temporary stay of the restrictive abortion law.

  10. France 24

    US court allows Texas to resume ban on most abortions (opens France 24)

    Published

    France 24's feed description

    US court allows Texas to resume ban on most abortions

  11. BizPac Review

    Appeals court reinstates Texas 'fetal heartbeat' law banning abortions after 6 weeks (opens BizPac Review)

    Published

    BizPac Review's feed description

    Facebook Twitter Reddit LinkedIn Gab The Texas law banning abortions past six weeks of pregnancy is back in effect again after a preliminary injunction earlier this week […]

  12. Grand Forks Herald

    US appeals court reinstates Texas abortion law, two days after it was halted (opens Grand Forks Herald)

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    Grand Forks Herald's feed description

    A three-judge Fifth Circuit panel gave the Justice Department until Tuesday to respond to Texas's filings.

  13. 12News Now Beaumont

    US appeals court lets Texas temporarily resume abortion law (opens 12News Now Beaumont)

    Published

    12News Now Beaumont's feed description

    Abortion providers in Texas had been bracing for the 5th U.S. Court of Appeals to act quickly, even as they booked new appointments.

  14. The Guardian

    Texas’ restrictive abortion law temporarily reinstated one day after being blocked (opens The Guardian)

    Published

    The Guardian's feed description

    A New Orleans-based appeals court quickly granted the state’s request to set aside a suspension until the case is reviewed

  15. FOX 35 Orlando

    Federal appeals court lets Texas temporarily resume strict abortion law (opens FOX 35 Orlando)

    Published

    FOX 35 Orlando's feed description

    A federal appeals court is temporarily allowing the nation’s toughest abortion law to resume in Texas.

  16. Al Jazeera

    US appeals court reinstates Texas abortions ban (opens Al Jazeera)

    Published

    Al Jazeera's feed description

    Ruling by the New Orleans-based court came as clinics in Texas resumed providing abortions.

  17. Wyoming Public Media

    Federal appeals court temporarily reinstates Texas' 6-week abortion ban (opens Wyoming Public Media)

    Published

    Wyoming Public Media's feed description

    After a lower court temporarily blocked Texas from enforcing the ban on abortions six weeks into pregnancy, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has allowed that ban to continue.

  18. FOX 29 Philadelphia

    Texas clinics cancel abortions after court resumes strict law (opens FOX 29 Philadelphia)

    Published

    FOX 29 Philadelphia's feed description

    On Saturday, Texas abortion clinics are canceling appointments they had booked during a 48-hour reprieve from the nation’s most restrictive abortion law.

  19. Forbes

    Texas Abortion Law Back In Effect As Appeals Court Blocks Injunction (opens Forbes)

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    Forbes's feed description

    The conservative 5th Circuit blocked a lower judge’s ruling that struck down the law, but only until it can consider the case and issue a more lasting decision.

  20. KIII Corpus Christi

    Appeals court says Texas abortion law can resume; orders DOJ to respond by Tuesday (opens KIII Corpus Christi)

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    KIII Corpus Christi's feed description

    It is unclear how many abortions Texas clinics performed in the short time since the law was put on hold Wednesday.

  21. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

    U.S. appeals court restores Texas abortion law (opens Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)

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    Arkansas Democrat-Gazette's feed description

    A federal appeals court late Friday reinstated the nation's most restrictive abortion law, which bars the procedure in Texas as early as six weeks into pregnancy with no exceptions for rape or incest.

  22. Truthout

    Appeals Court Reinstates Texas Abortion Ban Days After Federal Court Blocked It (opens Truthout)

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    Truthout's feed description

    The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated a near-total ban on abortion in Texas on Friday night.

  23. The Columbian

    U.S. appeals court lets Texas resume ban on most abortions (opens The Columbian)

    Published

    The Columbian's feed description

    AUSTIN, Texas — A federal appeals court Friday night quickly allowed Texas to resume banning most abortions, just one day after clinics across the state began rushing to serve patients again for the f

  24. Los Angeles Times

    Texas clinics cancel abortions after appeals court reinstates ban (opens Los Angeles Times)

    Published

    Los Angeles Times's feed description

    Texas abortion clinics are canceling appointments they had booked during a 48-hour reprieve from the nation’s most restrictive abortion law.

  25. RedState

    Appeals Court Reinstates Texas Abortion Law (opens RedState)

    Published

    RedState's feed description

    The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals has issued a temporary stay of a lower court ruling that had halted enforcement of Texas abortion law.

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