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Team,

Today, the U.S. Supreme Court endorsed Texas's bounty-hunting scheme
in our case, Whole Woman's Health v. Jackson, which challenged the
state's ban on abortion after six weeks of pregnancy. The Court also
ruled on a challenge brought by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ),
denying its request to block the law and sending the DOJ's case back
to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Today's decisions end two of the most promising pathways to blocking
the ban statewide. And while our case will move forward on very narrow
grounds under today's ruling, abortion remains mostly inaccessible in
Texas.

For 100 days, patients in Texas have been denied their constitutional
right to abortion and prevented from accessing essential,
time-sensitive health care. Texans deserve better. Alongside a broad
coalition of abortion providers and advocates, including our client,
Whole Woman's Health, we will continue to fight this ban.
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I wanted you to see my statement below.

- Nancy

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

It's stunning that the Supreme Court has essentially said that federal
courts cannot stop this bounty-hunter scheme enacted to blatantly deny
Texans their constitutional right to abortion. The Court has abandoned
its duty to ensure that states do not defy its decisions.?For
100 days now, this 6-week ban has been in effect, and today's ruling
means?there is no end in sight. Pregnant people will continue to
live in a state of panic and uncertainty.

This bounty-hunting scheme could be used by other states not only to
deny abortion access, but also to deny any court rulings they disagree
with, from marriage equality to voting rights and more.

We will continue to seek justice in the shred of the case that the
Court has allowed to go forward and seek every other legal means to
stop this catastrophic law. The Senate needs to pass the Women's
Health Protection Act immediately to restore the constitutional right
to abortion in Texas and stop it before it spreads to other states.



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