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• TOP NEWS

“Supreme Court declines Biden's appeal in Texas emergency abortion case,” AP's Lindsay Whitehurst and Jamie Stengle — “The Supreme Court on Monday let stand a decision barring emergency abortions that violate the law in Texas, which has one of the country’s strictest abortion bans.

The justices did not detail their reasoning for keeping in place a lower court order that said hospitals cannot be required to provide pregnancy terminations if they would break Texas law. There were no publicly noted dissents.

The decision comes weeks before a presidential election where abortion has been a key issue after the high court’s 2022 decision overturning the nationwide right to abortion.

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The state’s strict abortion ban has been a centerpiece of Democratic U.S. Rep. Colin Allred ’s challenge against Republican U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz for his seat.

At a campaign event over the weekend in Fort Worth, Texas, hundreds of Allred’s supporters broke out in raucous applause when he vowed to protect a woman’s right to an abortion. “When I’m in the Senate, we’re going to restore Roe v. Wade,” Allred said.

At a separate event the same day, in a nearby suburb, Cruz outlined a litany of criticisms against Allred, but didn’t bring up the abortion law.

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The justices rebuffed a Biden administration push to throw out the lower court order. The administration argues that under federal law hospitals must perform abortions if needed in cases where a pregnant patient’s health or life is at serious risk, even in states where it’s banned." AP

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• NEWS FROM AROUND THE STATE   

 > TX TRIB: "U.S. Supreme Court lets stand a decision barring emergency abortions that violate Texas ban" TX TRIB
 > TX TRIB: "Texas is a young state with older elected officials. Some young leaders are trying to change that." TX TRIB
 > TX MONTHLY: "The Most Consequential Races in Texas That You Might Not Be Following" TX MONTHLY
 > AP: "Supreme Court rejects appeal from Texas officer convicted in killing of woman through her window" AP
 > SA REPORT: "Texas lawmakers are headed back to work. To San Antonio city leaders, that’s a bad thing." SA REPORT
 > MY RGV: "Port of Brownsville receives $43M loan for ship channel deepening" MY RGV
 > SAEN: "5 years later, no answers in Anaqua Springs Ranch slayings" SAEN
 > THE TEXAN: "Abbott Proclaims 'Day of Observance for Israel' On Anniversary of October 7 Hamas Attack" THE TEXAN
 > VALLEY CENTRAL: "ICE contracted employee arrested in human smuggling case" VALLEY CENTRAL
 > SA REPORT: "Living in Southside health care desert comes with serious consequences" SA REPORT
 > COMMUNITY IMPACT: "North Texas Giving Day brings $68 million in donations for area nonprofits" COMMUNITY IMPACT
 > COMMUNITY IMPACT: "Taking care of Cy-Fair: Hospital systems investing over $1B to improve health care access" COMMUNITY IMPACT
 > SAEN: "UTSA: Man broke into campus apartment, sexually assaulted woman" SAEN
 > MYRGV: "Commentary: FERC must stop LNG" MY RGV
 > WACO TRIB: "Bruceville-Eddy man charged with capital murder after father, son shot" WACO TRIB
 > TX TRIB: "Texas students with immigrant parents lost out on college aid because of FAFSA glitch" TX TRIB
 > TX TRIB: "How Texas’ environmental agency weakened a once-rigorous air pollution monitoring team" TX TRIB
 > AP: "A Texas execution is renewing calls for clemency. It’s rarely granted" AP

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