High Court Votes 5-4 to Leave Texas Abortion Law in Place
The court voted to deny an emergency appeal from abortion providers and others that sought to block enforcement of the law.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A deeply divided Supreme Court is allowing a Texas law that bans most abortions to remain in force, for now stripping most women of the right to an abortion in the nation’s second-largest state. The court voted 5-4 to deny an emergency appeal from abortion providers and others that sought to block enforcement of the law, which went into effect Wednesday. But the justices also suggested that their order likely isn’t the…