Texas abortion providers ask Supreme Court to block state law that bans procedure after six weeks
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Abortion providers are turning to the Supreme Court to block a Texas law that, if unchanged, will ban abortions as early as six weeks into a pregnancy.
"Nearly fifty years ago, this Court held that Texas could not ban abortion prior to viability," plaintiff organizations led by Whole Women’s Health said in a Monday court filing. "Yet, absent intervention from this Court, in less than two days, on Wednesday, September 1, Texas will do precisely that." The Heartbeat Act, which was signed into law on May 19. does not criminalize abortion, but any individual other than government employees may bring a civil claim against an alleged violator. If that person wins, the law calls for the court to award them a minimum of $10,000 per abortion.More Related News