“Supreme Court Allows Challenge to Texas Abortion Law but Leaves It in Effect; The law, which bans most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy, was drafted to evade review in federal court and has been in effect since September”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report. And J. David Goodman and Ruth Graham of The New York Times report that “Small Court Victories Change Nothing for Women Seeking Abortions in Texas; A Texas statute that bans abortion after six weeks of pregnancy was seemingly undercut by two court rulings, but the reality on the ground has not changed.”
Robert Barnes of The Washington Post reports that “Supreme Court says Texas abortion providers may proceed with challenge of six-week ban, leaves law in effect for now.” And Hannah Knowles and María Luisa Paúl of The Washington Post have an article headlined “Abortion bans and sanctuary plans: States are preparing for a possible future without Roe v Wade.”
David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times reports that “Supreme Court leaves Texas abortion law in effect, allows only a narrow challenge to it.”
Brent Kendall and Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal report that “Supreme Court Rules Abortion Clinics Can Challenge Texas Law; State law remains in effect for now; Texas has banned procedure after about six weeks of pregnancy.”
John Fritze of USA Today reports that “Supreme Court continues fight against Texas six-week abortion ban but leaves law in place.”
Stephen Dinan of The Washington Times reports that “Supreme Court limits early challenges to Texas abortion ban law; Roberts says ruling punts on court’s constitutional powers.” And Jeff Mordock of The Washington Times reports that “Biden blasts Supreme Court on Texas abortion law, urges Congress to codify Roe v. Wade.”
Madlin Mekelburg of The Austin American-Statesman reports that “Supreme Court allows clinics to challenge Texas’ abortion law, lets Senate Bill 8 stand.”
Mark Sherman of The Associated Press reports that “Court won’t stop Texas abortion ban, but lets clinics sue.”
Lawrence Hurley and Andrew Chung of Reuters report that “U.S. Supreme Court leaves Texas abortion curbs intact but allows suit.”
Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “Supreme Court ‘Green-Lit’ Texas Abortion Ban, Clinic Lawyers Say.”
Pete Williams of NBC News reports that “Supreme Court says challenge to Texas’ ban on abortion can proceed, allows law to remain in effect for now; The court didn’t rule on the merits of the law, but rather on whether the abortion providers’ lawsuit can move forward.” And Rebecca Shabad of NBC News reports that “Chief Justice John Roberts warns Supreme Court over Texas abortion law; Roberts joined the high court’s three liberal justices in discussing the constitutionality of the Texas abortion law.”
Ariane de Vogue and Tierney Sneed of CNN report that “Supreme Court lets Texas abortion law continue but says providers can sue.” In addition, de Vogue reports that “Abortion rights supporters see little to cheer in new Supreme Court opinion.”
Tyler Olson of Fox News reports that “Supreme Court lets challenge to Texas abortion law proceed, allows law to remain in effect; Ruling comes as Supreme Court considers major Mississippi abortion case, too.”
Reese Oxner of The Texas Tribune reports that “U.S. Supreme Court lets enforcement of Texas abortion law continue but allows legal challenges to proceed; The court allowed the suit to continue on an 8-1 decision; Abortion providers will resume seeking to block the law as it progresses through lower court proceedings.” James Barragán and Cassandra Pollock of The Texas Tribune have an article headlined “‘Every constitutional right is now at risk’: Legal experts warn Supreme Court action on Texas abortion law could lead to copycats; Justice Sonia Sotomayor said the majority was straying from the court’s precedent to step in when state laws chill the exercise of constitutional rights while allowing other states to follow suit.” And Karen Brooks Harper of The Texas Tribune has an article headlined “‘This is a dark day’: For Texas abortion providers, U.S. Supreme Court ruling feels apocalyptic; Even though a legal fight continues, providers warn that abortion clinics could eventually have to shut down since enforcement of the law can continue.”
Josh Gerstein and Alice Miranda Ollstein report that “SCOTUS allows clinics’ challenge to Texas abortion ban to proceed; The court’s ruling allows for some cases brought by opponents of the law to proceed but closed major avenues for legal challenges, including one sought by the Biden administration.”
John Kruzel of The Hill reports that “Supreme Court allows abortion providers to sue over Texas law.”
Zoe Tillman of BuzzFeed News reports that “The Supreme Court Revived A Constitutional Challenge To Texas’s Six-Week Abortion Ban; The justices declined to let the Justice Department go ahead with its suit, however.”
Kelsey Reichmann of Courthouse News Service reports that “Abortion providers get Supreme Court backing to fight Texas ban; Without tacking the merits of the law banning abortions upon the detection of a fetal heartbeat, the high court looked only at what state actors are proper defendants to the litigation.”
On this evening’s broadcast of NPR’s “All Things Considered,” Nina Totenberg had an audio segment titled “Supreme Court refuses to block Texas abortion law as legal fights move forward.”
In commentary, The Los Angeles Times has published an editorial titled “The Supreme Court’s ruling on a Texas abortion law won’t restore access to abortion anytime soon.”
Online at The Los Angeles Times, law professor Erwin Chemerinsky has an essay titled “Supreme Court decision on Texas abortion law puts all of our constitutional rights in jeopardy.”
And The Wall Street Journal has published an editorial titled “The Supreme Court’s Abortion Standing: The merits of the Texas law weren’t at issue, and the majority is right to block most pre-enforcement federal lawsuits.”
You can access today’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Whole Woman’s Health v. Jackson, No. 21-463, at this link.
