The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday rejected another attempt by abortion rights advocates and providers to block Texas’s six-week abortion ban. In their dissent, Justices Sotomayor, Breyer and Kagan wrote, “This case is a disaster for the rule of law … Today, for the fourth time, this court declines to protect pregnant Texans from egregious violations of their constitutional rights.” The law, known as S.B. 8, went into effect last September. Saturday marks the 49th anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade that legalized abortions nationwide. The court has yet to rule on a Mississippi law that bans abortions starting at just 15 weeks of pregnancy, a case that threatens to overturn the 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling.
SCOTUS Dismisses Another Legal Challenge to Unconstitutional Texas Abortion Law
HeadlineJan 21, 2022