In disastrous news for women’s rights, the US Supreme Court decided today to allow an extreme anti-abortion law in the state of Texas to stand for now. This ruling is likely to further embolden several other states around the country, which may move to ban abortion, and means most pregnant people in Texas are without access to this essential health care.
This is the second time in four months the Supreme Court has refused to block the law, which bans abortion at essentially six weeks of pregnancy, before many women even know they are pregnant. The law also permits anyone to sue and seek monetary damages from anyone they believe helps, provides, or “aids and abets” an abortion.
The court did rule today that abortion providers have standing to challenge the law in court, one of the questions pending before the justices.
(SOURCE) https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/12/10/us-supreme-court-delivers-blow-womens-rights
