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Reproductive Rights Groups Sue Texas over 6-Week Abortion Ban

HeadlineJul 14, 2021

In Texas, abortion rights advocates and providers filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday seeking to block a new state law that would ban abortions as early as six weeks into a pregnancy, or when a fetal heartbeat is detected. The law also makes anyone in Texas eligible to sue patients, medical workers, or even a patient’s family or friends who “aid and abet” in an abortion. Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott signed the so-called heartbeat bill into law in May, and it’s expected to go into effect in September.

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