In Texas, abortions will be illegal within 30 days of the release of the judgement from the nation's highest court.
HOUSTON, Texas -- The Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. The opinion was released Friday morning. The overturning of the half-a-century-old decision means abortion rights are now left up to states to determine.
"With our pre-Roe laws going back into effect and that trigger law taking into effect in some point in the near future in Texas, neither of those laws punish the pregnant women who seeks or obtains an abortion," said a senior legislative associate at Texas Right For Life Rebecca Parma.It hasn't been enforced in five decades; however, it's still in the books.
Attorney General Ken Paxton took a stance. In a statement Friday, he said some prosecutors can choose to immediately pursue criminal prosecutions on abortions because the pre-Roe law was never repealed by the Texas legislature. The highest court has decided to no longer regulate abortion, meaning states like ours are free to come up with its rules.
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