Team,

We just received news that Texas's unconstitutional abortion ban will go back into effect—just days after a lower court blocked the law.

The decision by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals—in a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Department of Justice—granted a request from the state of Texas. The Texas law bans abortion after approximately six weeks of pregnancy.

I wanted you to see my statement below.

— Nancy

Statement from Nancy Northup, President and CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights

The Supreme Court needs to step in and stop this madness. It’s unconscionable that the Fifth Circuit stayed such a well-reasoned decision that allowed constitutionally protected services to return in Texas.

Patients are being thrown back into a state of chaos and fear, and this cruel law is falling hardest on those who already face discriminatory obstacles in health care, especially Black, Indigenous, and other people of color, undocumented immigrants, young people, those struggling to make ends meet, and those in rural areas. The courts have an obligation to block laws that violate fundamental rights.