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In a memo issued last week, Attorney General Ken Paxton said prosecutors “may choose to immediately pursue criminal prosecutions based on violations of Texas abortion prohibitions predating Roe that were never repealed by the Texas Legislature.”
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The 6-to-3 decision is the latest example of the court's conservative supermajority requiring more accommodation for religion in public schools and less separation between church and state.
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On Friday, following the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling overturning Roe v. Wade, abortions in Texas ceased despite the fact that the state’s trigger law banning the procedure has not yet gone into effect.
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56% of Americans disapproved of the decision in an NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll conducted after it was announced. A similar number say it was motivated by politics — not law.
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Thousands of protesters descended on downtown Austin on Friday, hours after the Supreme Court overturned the landmark decision establishing a constitutional right to an abortion in the United States.
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Texas already had one of the nation's strictest abortion bans. With the Supreme Court's decision, it is set to become even more restrictive.
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Jim Obergefell was the named plaintiff in the Supreme Court case that legalized same-sex marriage in 2015. He spells out why the LGBTQ+ community is so concerned about Roe v Wade.
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Providers in Texas said they would stop offering abortions immediately while they figure out if anti-abortion laws in effect before Roe now apply.
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President Joe Biden noted that this is the first time the court has revoked a constitutional right. Now that Roe has been overturned, "the health and life of women in this nation are now at risk."
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Texas conservatives celebrate decision on abortion while Democrats, providers say they'll fight backThe U.S. Supreme Court decided in a 6-3 opinion that the issue of abortion should be returned to the states, a victory for Texas and other Republican-led states. Democrats said the ruling means participation in this year’s election is even more important.