Pro-choice activists hold signs outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. on Oct. 4, 2021.
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The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to a request from abortion-rights advocates and providers to quickly consider taking up their challenge of a restrictive Texas law that bans most abortions after as early as six weeks of pregnancy.
The petitioners last month had submitted the unusual request for the Supreme Court to take up the case before final judgment in lower courts.
The court directed the respondents in the case to file a response by noon on Thursday.
The Texas abortion providers and organizations in August had filed an emergency request for the high court to stop the restrictive state law, S.B. 8, from taking effect on Sept. 1. But the court did not issue its decision until hours after the law was implemented.
In a late-night opinion, the court ruled 5-4 against the request for an emergency injunction, partly on procedural grounds.
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