Supreme Court returns Texas abortion case to appeals court

The Supreme Court has formally returned a lawsuit over Texas' six-week abortion ban to a federal appeals court that has twice allowed the law to stay in effect, rather than to a district judge who sought to block it. Justice Neil Gorsuch on Thursday signed the court’s order that granted the request of abortion clinics for the court to act speedily. When Pitman ordered the law blocked in early October, the appeals court countermanded his order two days later.

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