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Texas abortion ban temporarily blocked by judge
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A judge in Houston, Texas, temporarily blocked a pre-Roe abortion ban from taking effect on Tuesday after the ACLU filed a lawsuit arguing the law was unenforceable.
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Attorney General Ken Paxton explained last week that the trigger law is written to take effect 30 days after a U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning Roe. While the Court issued its opinion on Friday, the official judgment is not expected to come down for roughly 25 days, meaning the trigger law will take effect in two months.
Paxton announced in a statement that Texas abortion providers could still face criminal penalties in the interim due to a pre-Roe law banning virtually all abortions, and it is that law the ACLU is challenging.
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