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On Texas abortion ruling, John Roberts again splits with conservative justices
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The Supreme Court's ruling in Texas' fetal-hearbeat abortion law is the latest high-profile decision in which Chief Justice John Roberts sided with liberal justices.
"I would accordingly preclude enforcement of S. B. 8 by the respondents to afford the District Court and the Court of Appeals the opportunity to consider the propriety of judicial action and preliminary relief pending consideration of the plaintiffs’ claims," Roberts said in a dissenting opinion. The case has drawn national attention – and hyperbolic reactions – due to the law's banning of abortions roughly six weeks into a pregnancy, and it is far from the first major case in which Roberts and the other conservatives were at odds.More Related News