Abortions can temporarily resume in Texas after a judge on Tuesday blocked officials from enforcing a law passed nearly a century ago that the state attorney general said is now back in effect following the Supreme Court’s decision last week.
Judge Christine Weems in Harris County issued a temporary injunction following a last-ditch lawsuit filed by pro-abortion groups to resume services after the nation’s highest court struck down the 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling that argued women have a constitutional right to obtain abortions.
The order allows clinics to resume services, for now, in a state where abortion was already restricted to only up to six weeks of pregnancy under a Texas law that took effect in September. A later hearing is scheduled for July 12….
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