Wade, which legalized abortions in the U.S. No other state has been allowed to keep a law in effect that violates the legal precedent set by Roe v. This is just the latest stage of what has been a long and complicated legal challenge to Texas' strict abortion law. "There's really nothing for the Fifth Circuit to do in this case other than just issue the formal order that sends the case back to the district to allow the lower court to proceed," said Hearron, senior counsel for the Center for Reproductive Rights.
Marc Hearron, one of the attorneys representing the plaintiffs, said the Fifth Circuit’s delay holding the hearing is "highly unusual." Supreme Court ruled last month the legal challenge can continue. Abortion providers in the state are asking the Fifth Circuit to send the case down to a lower court after the U.S. Whole Woman’s Health of Austin has resumed offering abortions to people who are six weeks or more along in their pregnancies.Ī federal appeals court is holding oral arguments Friday in a case challenging Texas’ law banning abortions as early as six weeks into a pregnancy.
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