In a set of two critical rulings the U.S. Supreme Court has denied the Biden administration’s challenge to the Texas vigilante-enforced abortion ban, but allowed challenges to the law by health care providers to move forward.
As the Associated Press notes, the Supreme Court did not block the Texas abortion ban, now in its 101st day. The law remains in effect.
MSNBC’s Pete Williams notes that today’s rulings “tie the hands” of abortion providers suing to overturn the law by narrowing the scope of who they can sue.
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