In separate dissents, Justices Sotomayor and Elena Kagan used strong language to decry 5-4 Supreme Court decision allowing Texas’ six-week abortion ban to continue.
The bill was finalized hours before a law banning nearly all abortions in the state went into effect.
Texas-based patients put pressure on abortion clinics in other states — and with it demands on abortion funds.
At Whole Woman’s Health in Fort Worth, it was a race to perform as many abortions as possible until midnight, when a new Texas ban on the procedure became law.
A federal judge has halted enforcement of Texas' law, which effectively banned abortions after six weeks of pregnancy.
The strictest abortion restriction in the country is set to go into effect Wednesday. Experts say that even if the law is eventually blocked, the damage will have been done.
19th readers who have received the COVID-19 vaccine while pregnant took to Twitter to share their experiences with us.
All 11 of the Planned Parenthoods that provide abortion care have stopped scheduling visits related to abortions past six weeks of pregnancy.
The ban would allow private citizens to sue anyone who they believe helped someone get an abortion after six weeks.
It’s yet another way the nation’s patchwork approach on family policy reinforces and perpetuates inequities.