
Federal appeals court sends Texas abortion law case to Republican-majority state Supreme Court
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A federal appeals court on Monday punted a case about Texas' controversial abortion law to the state's majority-Republican Supreme Court, dealing another defeat to those opposed to the legislation that bans abortion after a fetal heartbeat is detected.
The law bans abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy and uses a unique system to enforce that ban by allowing private individuals to bring suit in state court against people who allegedly perform abortions.
Abortion providers fighting the law wanted their lawsuit to go back to an Austin federal court, which has been the only court to block the restrictions even temporarily.
It remains undetermined when the state Supreme Court will take up the case.
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