Texas’s anti-abortion law is back at SCOTUS. Here’s what’s different this time around.

Posted on AllSides October 19th, 2021
From The Left
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On October 14, the conservative United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit formally blocked a trial court’s decision halting SB 8, a Texas law banning most abortions in that state. On Monday, the US Justice Department, which sued to halt the Texas law, sought review of the Fifth Circuit’s thinly reasoned, single-paragraph order in the Supreme Court.

The Supreme Court, where Republican appointees hold a 6-3 supermajority, is unlikely to do anything to restore abortion rights in Texas. Last month, a 5-4 Court handed down its own thinly reasoned, single-paragraph order permitting the Texas law to take effect....

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https://www.vox.com/2021/10/19/22728389/supreme-court-doj-texas-sb8-abortion-jackson

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