US supreme court refuses to block extreme Texas abortion law
by Lauren Aratani and agencies from on (#5P2S7)
Court voted 5-4 to deny emergency appeal against law that bans abortions once medical professionals can detect cardiac activity
A deeply divided supreme court has allowed a Texas law that bans most abortions to remain in force, stripping most women of the right to an abortion in the nation's second-largest state.
The court voted 5-4 early on Thursday to deny an emergency appeal from abortion providers and others that sought to block enforcement of the law that went into effect Wednesday.
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