WASHINGTON D.C. (WBAP/KLIF News) – The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Friday that abortion clinics in Texas can sue the state over its ban on most abortions, but are allowing the law to remain in place.
The opinion by Justice Neil Gorsuch stressed the “ultimate merits question” of whether the Texas law is constitutional is “not before the Court.”
Southern Methodist University Political Science Professor Dr. Cal Jillson weighed in on what this ruling means.
“What this does is take it out of the Supreme Court’s hands and puts it back into lower federal courts where the abortion providers can make their case,” he said.
The Texas Heartbeat Law, Senate Bill 8, bans abortions after six weeks of pregnancy when doctors can detect a fetal heartbeat and at a time when many women don’t even know they’re pregnant.
There are no exceptions for rape or incest.
It also allows private citizens to sue a person suspected of helping a woman get an abortion in exchange for a $10,000 bounty.
The law took effect September 1 and has been faced with numerous legal challenges.
SCOTUS is also considering an abortion case out of Mississippi that was argued last week, that decision is not expected until next spring.
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