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The Supreme Court of the United States has granted Texas abortion clinics a reprieve<\/a>, allowing several abortion facilities to stay open, while the high court decides whether to hear an appeal. Facilities\u00a0began to close<\/a>\u00a0before\u00a0HB 2 was scheduled to go into full effect on July 1.<\/p>\n

Chief Justice John Roberts and justices Samuel Alito, Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas voted to\u00a0allow\u00a0the clinics to close as scheduled. In\u00a0a 5-4 vote, the Court decided to grant clinics an emergency appeal.<\/p>\n

HB 2 has been through a series of appeals, but landed at the Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals earlier this month, where it was upheld. <\/a>The U.S. Supreme Court\u00a0granted the abortion lobby’s only hope today by halting the Texas pro-life law.<\/p>\n

The ruling also provides\u00a0a glimpse into the law’s likely future. Associated Press reporter Mark Sherman writes:<\/a><\/p>\n

“The court\u2019s decision to block the regulations is a strong indication that the justices will hear the full appeal, which could be the biggest abortion case at the Supreme Court in nearly 25 years.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

When the Fifth Circuit panel upheld\u00a0HB 2, it cited the landmark 1973 abortion case Roe v. Wade<\/em><\/a>, “which while establishing abortion as a right also noted that states could restrict access if given a compelling interest.”<\/p>\n

Now those interests may be heard by the high court, which indicated it may\u00a0revisit the issue of abortion. SCOTUS Blog <\/a>tweeted:<\/p>\n

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At issue is a\u00a0provision of HB 2 that requires\u00a0abortion facilities to uphold medical safety standards. The law also mandates\u00a0hospital admitting privileges for abortionists.<\/p>\n

Pro-abortion attorneys say enforcing the law would actually close 75 percent of all Texas abortion clinics in just two years, “creating a severe shortage of safe and legal abortion services in a state that is home to more than five million reproductive\u2013age women,” The New York Times reports.<\/a><\/p>\n

Instead, the Supreme Court has decided to allow abortions to continue, even though some abortionists\u00a0may not be able to admit a woman to a hospital in the case of abortion\u00a0complications. While this is a likely indicator that the court will take on abortion in its next term, it is a frightening reality for women who may suffer abortion complications in one of these facilities and not be able to get immediate medical care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Supreme Court of the United States has granted Texas abortion clinics a reprieve, allowing several abortion facilities to stay open, while the high court decides whether to hear an appeal. Facilities\u00a0began to close\u00a0before\u00a0HB 2 was scheduled to go into full effect on July 1. Chief Justice John Roberts and justices Samuel Alito, Antonin Scalia […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":827,"featured_media":65568,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[3473],"tags":[19,1093,3929,1094,2546,144,1098,1345,197,82],"yoast_head":"\nSupreme Court blocks Texas pro-life law, allows abortion clinics to remain open - Live Action News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Chief Justice John Roberts, Justices Alito, Scalia, Thomas voted to allow clinics to close as scheduled. 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