Texas’s restrictive abortion law will remain in place after a legal challenge to the law’s constitutionality was remanded to the state court system, likely delaying the appeals process by months.
Texas’s restrictive abortion law, which prohibits the procedure after six weeks of pregnancy and allows individuals, rather than the state, to enforce the ban through lawsuits, will remain in place after a legal challenge to the law’s constitutionality was remanded to the state court system, likely delaying the appeals process by months.rejected a request from abortion providers in the state
The move ensures that the law will remain in force in Texas while being adjudicated in the state — rather than in the federal court system — for what could be a period of several more months. Last month, when the Fifth Circuit agreed to hear an appeal brought on by state officials who wanted the state Supreme Court to decide on the matter, critics lambasted the decision to go forward with the idea, noting that it would ultimately lead to a longer delay on the question of the law’s legality.