The Texas Supreme Court has ruled that the state’s pre-Roe abortion ban can tale effect and the state can continue saving babies from abortion.

Texas appealed a judge’s temporary restraining order against its pre-Roe abortion ban so it can fully enforce the law and save babies from abortions. And the highest court in Texas has ruled that it can begin enforcing the ban statewide.

Texas was the first state to successfully ban abortions before the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. It’s heartbeat law prohibited abortions after 6 weeks for over 300 days and included a private enforcement mechanism to avoid being overturned in court.

Following the Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton confirmed that the state’s pre-Roe abortion ban has come into effect to ban aboritons starting at conception.

However, four days after the Supreme Court of the United States overturned Roe v. Wade, a Harris County judge granted a temporary restraining order blocking some government officials from enforcing its pre-Roe abortion bans against several abortion businesses. The abortion facilities asked the judge to prevent the enforcement of Texas’ pre-Roe abortion bans against these specific abortion companies…. (Excerpt from LIFENEWS.COM)

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