Texas abortion providers on Friday conceded a final blow to their best hope of stopping the nation’s most restrictive abortion law after a new ruling ended what little path forward the U.S. Supreme Court had left for clinics.
The U.S. Supreme Court left abortion providers only the narrowest avenue to challenge the ban on abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy. Friday’s Texas Supreme Court ruling has effectively ended that federal legal challenge.
By Tierney Sneed The Texas Supreme Court on Friday issued a ruling that effectively foreclosed the last avenue abortion clinics had to challenge the state’s six-week limit on abortions in their current federal litigation.
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Texas Supreme Court on Friday paved the way for the nation's toughest abortion law to remain in place in a ruling that again deflated clinics'
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Texas Supreme Court on Friday paved the way for the nation's toughest abortion law to remain in place in a ruling that again deflated clinics' hopes of stopping — or even pausing — the restrictions anytime soon.
The Texas Supreme Court on Friday ruled that state licensing officials lack authority to enforce the state’s six-week abortion ban, handing a major defeat to abortion providers in their legal challenge to the restrictive law.
Texas’ highest court has recommended that a lawsuit against the state’s heartbeat abortion ban should be dismissed, as state officials are not enforcing the pro-life measure.
The Texas Supreme Court has delivered another blow to abortion providers who are challenging the state’s abortion restrictions, rejecting a lawsuit that objected to the state licensing board enforcing the law.
The court effectively ended a challenge to the state's harsh abortion law by ruling that officials, including those tasked with doctor licensing, have no role in enforcing it.
Texas abortion providers on Friday conceded a final blow to their best hope of stopping the nation’s most restrictive abortion law after a new ruling ended the path forward that the U.S. Supreme Court had left for clinics.
The Texas Supreme Court effectively ended a legal challenge on Friday by clinics to the state's law that banned most abortions in the state, ruling state officials and doctors do not have a role in the law's enforcement.
The court ruled Friday that abortion providers cannot sue state officials or agencies to overturn the law because they do not enforce it, private citizens do.
AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Supreme Court on Friday dealt essentially a final blow to abortion clinics’ best hopes of stopping a restrictive law that has sharply curtailed the number of abortions in the
The Texas Supreme Court ruled that only private citizens, not state officials, can enforce the law known as SB8 by suing anyone who performs or assists a woman in obtaining an abortion after about six weeks of pregnancy.
