Stakes Remain High for Abortion Rights in Ongoing Fight Over Texas Law

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🗓️ 12 October 2021

⏱️ 56 minutes

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The Department of Justice asked a federal appeals court on Monday to halt Texas's abortion law banning abortions after six weeks of pregnancy. This comes after a federal appeals court on Friday temporarily reinstated Texas’s law, following a brief block by a lower court. Amid the legal uncertainty, local news organizations are reporting a near-total shutdown of abortions in Texas, and the ripple effects have already been seen in California, where clinics are scheduling appointments for women planning to travel from Texas. In the meantime, on Dec. 1 the Supreme Court is set to hear arguments in the closely-watched Mississippi abortion case Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which could overturn Roe v. Wade. We’ll discuss the latest news regarding abortion law and the current stakes in Texas, Mississippi and beyond. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:00.0	The U.S. Justice Department has again asked a court to block the nation's most restrictive abortion law from being in effect while it faces legal challenges.
1:09.0	Texas's ban on abortions after about six weeks
1:11.7	of pregnancy was blocked for about two days last week before an appeals court reinstated it.
1:18.0	Amid the legal back and forth, a near total shutdown of abortions in Texas, with reportedly
1:22.9	hundred seeking care out of state while others carry their unwanted pregnancies.
1:31.4	The ripple effects are being felt in California, where clinics are scheduling appointments for women traveling from Texas.
1:33.9	The impact of the abortion ban more than a month in.
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