While the U.S. Supreme Court weighs whether to uphold Texas' six week abortion ban, another measure further restricting abortions has quietly taken effect in the Lone Star State.
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Starting Thursday, a new law in Texas prohibits the use of abortion-inducing medication after seven weeks of pregnancy.
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Senate Bill 4, signed by @GovAbbott on Sept. 24, also bans such pills from being delivered "by courier, delivery, or mail service" to anyone residing in Texas, according to the bill summary.
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It also adds new requirements around medication abortions.
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State data shows medical abortion is the most common way women in Texas terminate their pregnancies.
Critics of the new restrictions on abortion-inducing medication worry more women will turn to "self-managed" abortions, in which pregnant people obtain the medications from out-of-state or international providers, according to the @TexasTribune.
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"Texas is looking at the ways that people are navigating around restrictions and trying to essentially make that as unsafe and as frightening for people as possible in order to deter them," Farah Diaz-Tello, senior legal counsel for @ifwhenhow, told the Tribune.
On Wednesday, the Supreme Court began hearing arguments in the case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, which centers on a 2018 Mississippi law banning almost all abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy.
The court is expecting to issue a ruling in June.
The court is expecting to issue a ruling in June.
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