Supreme Court lets Texas 6-week abortion ban stay in place and will hear oral arguments November 1

"He added: "We can't have a system in which constitutional rights evade judicial review, whether it's about abortion or any other right."

"Attorney General Merrick Garland, testifying on Capitol Hill Thursday, said, "what we're particularly concerned about is the inability of anybody to challenge what is a clear violation of the Supreme Court's precedent with respect to the right to abortion because of the way that the law is structured.""

"In December, the justices are already scheduled to hear a separate dispute concerning a Mississippi law that bars abortion after 15 weeks, in which Mississippi is explicitly asking to overturn Roe."

"The law, banning abortions often before a woman knows she is pregnant is in stark contrast to Roe v. Wade, the 1973 landmark decision legalizing abortion nationwide prior to viability, which can occur at around 24 weeks of pregnancy."

"Critics of the law say that it was written specifically to make it difficult to challenge -- and if the court did not step in to block such an enforcement mechanism, other challenges could be brought in areas like the gun control."

"The Biden administration argues the law is "clearly unconstitutional" because it bans abortions at roughly six weeks, long before a fetus can survive outside the womb."

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"The Biden administration officially asked the court this week to block the Texas legislation, which effectively bans abortions after six weeks or when a fetal heartbeat can be detected."

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"The state also said that it was opposed to the Biden administration's calls to rule conclusively this term, but asked that SCOTUS also look into its previous rulings on abortion rights if it complies with the request."

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"The Biden administration is calling on the Supreme Court to block a controversial Texas abortion law and ultimately rule conclusively on its constitutionality before the end of the term, an unusual request to get the high court involved at such an early state."

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"Texas responded to the Biden administration's action Thursday and encouraged the court to leave the law in place."

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"SCOTUS justices have short-circuited the typical timeline for cases to reach the high court a handful of times in recent decades, with the most recent occurring in 2019 over a Trump administration bid to include a citizenship question on the 2020 Census, the AP reported.nn"

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