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July 14, 2021

Reproductive Rights Groups Sue Texas over 6-Week Abortion Ban
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In Texas, abortion rights advocates and providers filed a federal
lawsuit Tuesday seeking to block a new state law that would ban
abortions as early as six weeks into a pregnancy, or when a fetal
heartbeat is detected. The law also makes anyone in Texas eligible to
sue patients, medical workers, or even a patient's family or friends who
"aid and abet" in an abortion. Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott
signed the so-called heartbeat bill into law in May, and it's expected
to go into effect in September.


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