A handful of Texas clinics had immediately started performing abortions again beyond six weeks.
Even more, it makes no exceptions for pregnancies caused by rape or incest.
But barely 48 hours passed before the appeals court accepted Texas’ request to set aside Judge Pitman’s ruling – at least for now – pending further arguments.Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton tweeted: ‘Great news tonight. I will fight federal overreach at every turn.’Texas had roughly two dozen abortion clinics before the law took effect on September 1.
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