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What will be the outcome of the ongoing lawsuit challenging Texas abortion bans by end of 2024?
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Ban upheld • 33%
Ban partially overturned • 33%
Ban fully overturned • 33%
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Texas Supreme Court Unanimously Upholds Abortion Ban in Zurawski Case, Rejects Medical Exception Challenge
May 31, 2024, 03:30 PM
The Texas Supreme Court has unanimously rejected a significant challenge to the state's new abortion laws in the case of State v. Zurawski. The court ruled against more than 20 women and 22 patients who claimed they were denied medically necessary abortions, stating that the medical exceptions in the law were broad enough to withstand constitutional challenges. The ruling upholds the Human Life Protection Act, which allows for abortions only when a woman's life is at risk or she faces a life-threatening physical condition. The decision overturns a lower court ruling and maintains the state's near-total ban on abortions. The court also clarified that the law does not require a woman's death to be imminent for an abortion to be considered necessary. The lawsuit challenging the state's multiple abortion bans is ongoing.
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Uphold current restrictions • 25%
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11+ • 33%
Court rules embryos are property • 33%
Court rules embryos are people • 33%
Court dismisses case • 34%
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