Texas Supreme Court blocks order that resumed abortions
By ACACIA CORONADO and ED WHITE56 minutes ago
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Texas Supreme Court blocked an order that had briefly allowed some clinics to resume abortions in the state, the latest development in legal scrambles across the U.S. since Roe v. Wade was overturned.
The court on Friday night stopped a three-day-old order by a Houston judge who said clinics could resume abortions up to six weeks into pregnancy. The practical impact of the decision was difficult to measure at the start of the holiday weekend.
Planned Parenthood’s affiliates in Texas had not resumed abortion services even after the restraining order was put in place Tuesday.
“Nothing has changed operationally with the state Supreme Court’s ruling,” spokeswoman Ianthe Metzger said.
Whole Woman’s Health, which has four Texas clinics, had said it would start working through a waiting list and resume abortion services, but that was before the Supreme Court intervened at the request of Attorney General Ken Paxton. No one at Whole Woman’s Health could immediately be reached for comment Saturday.
At issue is a long-dormant 1925 criminal law that targets individuals who perform abortions. Clinics had argued that it was invalid after abortion became a constitutional right across the U.S. in 1973. The U.S. Supreme Court, however, struck down the landmark Roe decision June 24, leaving abortion policy to states.
https://apnews.com/article/abortion-health-texas-houston-ken-paxton-493c7e983d2eae397459d3e2e756b0b2
By ACACIA CORONADO and ED WHITE56 minutes ago
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Texas Supreme Court blocked an order that had briefly allowed some clinics to resume abortions in the state, the latest development in legal scrambles across the U.S. since Roe v. Wade was overturned.
The court on Friday night stopped a three-day-old order by a Houston judge who said clinics could resume abortions up to six weeks into pregnancy. The practical impact of the decision was difficult to measure at the start of the holiday weekend.
Planned Parenthood’s affiliates in Texas had not resumed abortion services even after the restraining order was put in place Tuesday.
“Nothing has changed operationally with the state Supreme Court’s ruling,” spokeswoman Ianthe Metzger said.
Whole Woman’s Health, which has four Texas clinics, had said it would start working through a waiting list and resume abortion services, but that was before the Supreme Court intervened at the request of Attorney General Ken Paxton. No one at Whole Woman’s Health could immediately be reached for comment Saturday.
At issue is a long-dormant 1925 criminal law that targets individuals who perform abortions. Clinics had argued that it was invalid after abortion became a constitutional right across the U.S. in 1973. The U.S. Supreme Court, however, struck down the landmark Roe decision June 24, leaving abortion policy to states.
https://apnews.com/article/abortion-health-texas-houston-ken-paxton-493c7e983d2eae397459d3e2e756b0b2