![]() Texas filed notice that it would appeal the ruling, and the law makes it risky to perform or assist with abortions as long as any litigation is pending. It wasn’t immediately certain if providers in the state would begin providing the abortions that the law prohibited, however. In the DOJ case, US District Judge Robert Pitman in Austin issued a 113-page preliminary injunction that blocked any further enforcement of SB 8 while the legal fight went forward. The Justice Department filed a constitutional challenge last month after Whole Woman’s Health and other abortion providers in the state unsuccessfully tried to pursue their own case to stop the law from taking effect on Sept. The law, SB 8, prohibits nearly all abortions after fetal cardiac activity can be detected, which is typically around week six of pregnancy. Miller declined to specify how many doctors had performed abortions so far or where they were located in the state, saying her organization expected to be targeted by anti-abortion activists going forward. CEO Amy Hagstrom Miller spoke with reporters on Thursday afternoon to address their operating status after Wednesday night’s court action, and said that at least some of their doctors had performed abortions for patients who already completed the state’s 24-hour waiting period in recent weeks in anticipation of an injunction that would lift the ban, even temporarily. Whole Woman’s Health operates four clinics in Texas that perform abortions along with other healthcare services. ![]() WASHINGTON - At least one healthcare provider in Texas confirmed Thursday that they had resumed performing abortions for patients past week six of pregnancy, after a federal judge temporarily halted enforcement of the state’s ban on those procedures.
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