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Breaking News: A near-total ban on abortions took effect in Texas after the Supreme Court failed to act on a request to block it. The court could still rule on it.

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A near-total ban on abortions took effect in Texas after the Supreme Court failed to act on a request to block it. The court could still rule on it.

Wednesday, September 1, 2021 10:33 AM EST

The law, known as Senate Bill 8, amounts to a nearly complete ban on abortion in Texas, one that will further fuel legal and political battles over the future of Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that established a constitutional right to abortion.

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