A Texas law banning abortion after six weeks of pregnancy took effect, the most restrictive measure in the U.S. The Supreme Court could still weigh in.
WASHINGTON—A new Texas abortion law that bars the procedure after about six weeks of pregnancy took effect Wednesday, after the Supreme Court didn’t act onWhen the court said nothing by midnight Tuesday, the ban officially went into force, making it the most restrictive abortion law in effect in the U.S. The high court still could choose to act soon., enacted in May with an effective date of Sept.
An abortion ban so early in a pregnancy—at a stage before some women realize they are pregnant—conflicts with current Supreme Court precedent, which forbids states from proscribing the procedure beforeThe matter only arrived at the Supreme Court on Monday, centered on the preliminary question of what rules should apply in Texas while abortion providers
in lower courts. That issue came to the justices after a federal appeals court halted trial-court proceedings in the case for now and declined to block the ban from taking effect.
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