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Texas abortion ban returns to high court

Headline from Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, on the newest of 3 developments

The Department of Justice said Friday that it will ask the U.S. Supreme Court for an emergency halt to the Texas law that has restricted access to abortion in the nation's second-largest state to an extent not seen in 50 years.

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  1. DOJ will ask Supreme Court to suspend Texas abortion law

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  2. Justice Department again presses to halt Texas abortion law

    Headline from Local News 8 ·

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    Texas abortion ban returns to high court

    Headline from Arkansas Democrat-Gazette ·

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  1. Slate Magazine

    Most Abortions Once Again Banned in Texas After Appeals Court Ruling (opens Slate Magazine)

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    Slate Magazine's feed description

    The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals put a temporary hold on an order that had blocked the nation's most restrictive abortion law.

  2. Deutsche Welle

    US court rules Texas can resume ban on most abortions | DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    Deutsche Welle's feed description

    The decision of a federal appeals court reinstates a restrictive abortion law in the US state of Texas. Two days earlier, it was blocked by a lower court in a case brought by President Joe Biden's administration and the US Justice Department.

  3. CBS News

    Federal appeals court temporarily allows Texas abortion law to continue (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    Texas' attorney general had asked the court earlier Friday to pause the decision that blocked the state from implementing the law.

  4. NBC News

    U.S. appeals court temporarily reinstates enforcement of Texas' restrictive abortion law (opens NBC News)

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    NBC News's feed description

    A three-judge panel says the statute, known as Senate Bill 8, is back in effect while the full court considers the state's appeal.

  5. Legitgov

  6. Valdosta Daily Times

    EXPLAINER: The Texas abortion law's swift impact, and future (opens Valdosta Daily Times)

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    Valdosta Daily 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

  7. Local News 8

    Justice Department again presses to halt Texas abortion law (opens Local News 8)

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    Local News 8's feed description

    By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — 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.

  8. CBS News

    Justice Department asks court to stop Texas abortion law from being implemented (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    Last week a federal appeals court temporarily reinstated Texas' controversial abortion law.

  9. The Columbian

    Texas abortion law is ‘sabotage’ of ensured right, U.S. says (opens The Columbian)

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    The Columbian's feed description

    The Biden administration urged a federal appeals court to reinstate a judge’s order blocking Texas’s new ban on most abortions, arguing the strictest such law in the nation flouts more than 200 years

  10. Local News 8

    Where things stand in the legal battle over Texas' six-week abortion ban (opens Local News 8)

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    Local News 8's feed description

    By Tierney Sneed Texas’ six-week abortion ban is likely to stay in force at least for a few more days, if not longer, with a federal appeals court signaling Tuesday that the end of the week would be the earliest it would take its next big step in the ongoing litigation. After a federal judge

  11. Sioux City Journal

    Other GOP states urge court to let Texas abortion law stand (opens Sioux City Journal)

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    Sioux City Journal's feed description

    AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Eighteen states threw new support behind Texas' ban on most abortions as the Biden administration waited Thursday for a ruling to determine whether the nation's most

  12. KEYT Santa Barbara

    Texas urges appeals court to keep abortion ban in place as legal challenges play out | NewsChannel 3-12 (opens KEYT Santa Barbara)

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    KEYT Santa Barbara's feed description

    By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton urged a powerful federal appeals court on Thursday to allow a state law

  13. France 24

    Inside the Americas - Texas abortion law: Legal showdown with US government continues (opens France 24)

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    France 24's feed description

    The Biden administration is once again urging courts to step in and suspend a new Texas law that bans most abortions. This latest wrangling comes after an appeals court reinstated the law after a bri…

  14. Al Jazeera

    Shock, disbelief, panic: Living under the Texas abortion ban (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Al Jazeera's feed description

    New law banning abortions after six weeks of pregnancy fuels desperate scramble to find and provide abortion services.

  15. NBC News

    Texas tells court that states may reach own conclusions about abortion's constitutionality (opens NBC News)

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    NBC News's feed description

    An appeals court could rule on the Justice Department's challenge of Texas' abortion ban in the next several days.

  16. KRDO

    Texas urges appeals court to keep abortion ban in place as legal challenges play out (opens KRDO)

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    KRDO's feed description

    By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton urged a powerful federal appeals court on Thursday to allow a state law that bars abortion after the detection of a fetal heartbeat to remain in effect while legal challenges play out.

  17. New York Times

    Appeals Court Lets Texas Continue to Enforce Near-Total Abortion Ban (opens New York Times)

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    New York Times's feed description

    The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit reaffirmed its reversal of a lower judge’s ruling that blocked the law while the federal courts weigh its constitutionality.

  18. Elko Daily Free Press

    DOJ will ask Supreme Court to halt Texas abortion law (opens Elko Daily Free Press)

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    Elko Daily Free Press's feed description

    AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Biden administration said Friday it will turn next to the U.S. Supreme Court in another attempt to halt a Texas law that has banned most

  19. Minneapolis Star Tribune

    Court again lets Texas continue banning most abortions (opens Minneapolis Star Tribune)

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    Minneapolis Star Tribune's feed description

    Texas can continue banning most abortions after a federal appeals court on Thursday rejected the Biden administration's latest attempt to undo a novel law that has become the nation's biggest curb to abortion in nearly 50 years.

  20. Politico

    Appeals court keeps Texas abortion law in place (opens Politico)

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    The new decision by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals extends a previous order that for now keeps in place the Texas law known as Senate Bill 8.

  21. CNN

    Texas 6-week abortion ban to remain in force, federal appeals court says (opens CNN)

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    CNN's feed description

    The 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals said Thursday that it will allow Texas' controversial new law that bars abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy to stay in force while it considers an appeal of a judge's order blocking it.

  22. Forbes

    Texas Abortion Law To Remain In Effect As Appeals Court Blocks District Judge’s Injunction (opens Forbes)

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    Forbes's feed description

    The court had already put the law back into effect temporarily, but this order will last longer as the litigation plays out.

  23. Legitgov

    Appeals court allows Texas abortion law to stand (opens Legitgov)

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    The Hill's feed description

    The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday allowed Texas's restrictive abortion law to remain in place.

  24. Washington Post

    Justice Department will ask Supreme Court to block Texas abortion law while legal fights play out (opens Washington Post)

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    Washington Post's feed description

    In a separate case, the high court allowed the law to go into effect on a divisive 5 to 4 vote last month.

  25. WISH-TV Indianapolis

    DOJ will ask Supreme Court to halt Texas abortion law - WISH-TV | Indianapolis News | Indiana Weather (opens WISH-TV Indianapolis)

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    WISH-TV Indianapolis's feed description

    AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Biden administration said Friday it […]

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