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The Supreme Court ruled that abortion providers could challenge a Texas law banning abortion after six weeks but kept the law in effect for now.

Friday, December 10, 2021 10:25 AM EST

The development was both a victory for and a disappointment to supporters of abortion rights, who had hoped that the justices would reverse course from a Sept. 1 ruling that had allowed the law to go into effect, causing clinics in the state to curtail performing the procedure and forcing many women seeking abortions to travel out of state.

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