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.

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.