The justices of the US Supreme Court have voted not to halt a new law in Texas that will strip most women in the state of the right to an abortion.
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The controversial Texas law bans abortions once doctors can detect a foetal heartbeat, which usually occurs before a woman knows she is pregnant at around six weeks gestation.
The decision not to intervene is the first concrete demonstration of the impact of the new, more conservative, line-up of the Supreme Court.
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The controversial Texas law bans abortions once doctors can detect a foetal heartbeat, which usually occurs before a woman knows she is pregnant at around six weeks gestation.
The decision not to intervene is the first concrete demonstration of the impact of the new, more conservative, line-up of the Supreme Court.
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