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Attorneys who helped design Texas’ novel abortion ban have asked a judge to allow them to depose the leaders of two abortion funds, seeking information about anyone who may have “aided or abetted” in a prohibited procedure.
The bottom line is that abortion bans do not stop abortions; they just make abortion less safe — and this is especially true for Black women.
Health law expert Timothy S. Jost shows how the Texas antiabortion law has so far evaded attempts to thwart it in federal court.
Although the Supreme Court ruling allows the lawsuit to proceed in federal court, attorneys for Whole Woman's Health said the justices' decision narrows their legal avenues to blocking the law.
On Friday, the Supreme Court ruled by an 8-1 vote in Whole Woman’s Health v. Jackson that a challenge to the Texas Heartbeat Act brought by abortion providers may continue against state agencies that enforce medical laws.