The Biden administration's effort to get the Supreme Court to block a Texas ban on abortions after six weeks of pregnancy may be the best shot reproductive rights advocates now have to halt enforcement of the controversial law.
Biden administration stepped into the fray in early September
"Abortion access is facing the greatest threat in generations," said Brigitte Amiri, deputy director of the American Civil Liberties Union's Reproductive Freedom Project. "The Supreme Court must step in to stop this abortion ban from continuing to wreak havoc in Texas and forcing people to carry pregnancies against their will.""This law has already saved hundreds of lives since going into effect," said Carol Tobias, president of National Right to Life Committee.
In an unusual request, the groups asked the Supreme Court to take their challenge before the 5th Circuit resolves it and to expedite that review. A 7-2 majority concluded in Roe v. Wade in 1973 that women have the right to an abortion during the first and second trimesters but that states could impose restrictions in the second trimester. Years later, in Planned Parenthood v. Casey, the court allowed states to ban most abortions at viability, the point at which a fetus can survive outside the womb – roughly 24 weeks.Two state lawsuits got underway in late September.
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