Supreme Court allows Texas' controversial abortion ban to take effect.
Justice Samuel Alito, who oversees matters coming out of federal courts for the 5th Circuit, which includes Texas, gave the state until 5 p.m. Tuesday to lay out its argument for rejecting the request. He could decide on his own or refer the matter to the full court for a vote.
ACLU said that by allowing anyone to sue a person they believe is providing abortion or assisting someone in accessing abortion after six weeks, the law"actively encourages private individuals to act as bounty hunters by awarding them at least $10,000 if they are successful."The United States Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C., May 17, 2021.
S.B. 8 runs plainly counter to the Supreme Court's precedent in 1973's Roe v. Wade and affirmed in 1992's Planned Parenthood v. Casey, which established that state restrictions on abortion before a fetus can be viable outside the womb are unconstitutional.
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