Pro-choice activists hold a banner outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, Oct. 4, 2021.
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The Supreme Court will hear a challenge to a Texas law that bans most abortions after as early as six weeks of pregnancy, the court said Friday.
Abortion-rights advocates and providers had asked the high court to quickly take up their case before an appeals court had issued final rulings, citing the “urgency of the harm” caused by the law.
Texas officials said in response that the justices should deny that request, arguing that the 5th Circuit of Appeals is due to hear arguments in the case soon.
In an order Friday afternoon, the Supreme Court granted the advocates’ request, scheduling oral arguments for Nov. 1.
That is one month before arguments in another pivotal abortion case, Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health, which directly challenges the abortion-rights precedent established in 1973 under Roe v. Wade.
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