Team,

Today, the U.S. Supreme Court announced it will hear two cases challenging Texas’s ban on abortion after six weeks of pregnancy (S.B. 8) on November 1—including a case brought by Whole Woman’s Health and a broad coalition of abortion advocates, represented by the Center and its partners.

The Court declined to rule on a request to block the ban until it hears the cases. Since September 1, when the ban took effect and the Supreme Court initially declined to block the law, most Texans have been unable to access abortion in the state.

I wanted you to see my statement below in response to today's developments.

— Nancy

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

The Supreme Court’s action today brings us one step closer to the restoration of Texans’ constitutional rights and an end to the havoc and heartache of this ban.

We are enormously disappointed that the Court has left the law in effect for now, forcing those with means to leave the state to access constitutionally protected abortion services and leaving others with no options at all. However, we are confident that when the Court ultimately rules in these cases, it will reject the state of Texas’s cynical ploy to enact a brazenly unconstitutional abortion ban.