
Federal appeals court sends abortion case to Texas Supreme Court
CNN
In the latest setback for abortion clinics that have challenged in federal court Texas' six-week ban on the procedure, the 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals said Monday night that it was sending the case to the Texas Supreme Court.
The move means it will be weeks, and perhaps months, before the case goes back to the federal trial judge who has ruled against the law in the past -- if the case makes it back to that judge at all.
The Texas abortion law has been in effect since September 1.

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