BREAKING: 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, one of the most conservative in the US, restores Texas abortion ban by granting temporary administrative stay of preliminary injunction
Texas asked an appeals court on Friday to reinstate a near-total ban on abortions in the state after a federal judge this week temporarily blocked the law
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton asked the US 5th Circuit Court of Appeals to issue an emergency stay by Tuesday morning
The emergency stay request was in relation to US District Judge Robert Pitman’s preliminary injunction blocking the law
Pitman, in a ruling late on Wednesday, put on hold the law, which prohibits women from obtaining an abortion after about six weeks of pregnancy
The case is part of a fierce legal battle over abortion access in the United States, with numerous states pursuing restrictions
The US Supreme Court let the law take effect on September 1 in a 5-4 vote
