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Supreme Court Hears Challenges On Texas Abortion Laws

The Court heard two cases on S.B. 8 back to back: Whole Woman’s Health v. Jackson and U.S. v. Texas. The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Texas’s 'heartbeat' abortion law, S.B. 8, on November 1, 2021, after setting an expedited briefing and argument schedule. The issues before the Court concern not the legality of the ban, but whether the cases can be brought in federal court.