Texas Supreme Court deals blow to clinics seeking to block abortion law.
by ruling that state officials, including those tasked with doctor licensing, have no role in enforcing the law.the law known as SB8
The U.S. Supreme Court in December had allowed the case to partly move forward against those same licensing officials. The clinics in the lawsuit sought an injunction barring them from enforcing the law, which took effect Sept. 1.Suing the officials would have allowed the clinics to overcome a novel feature that has frustrated their ability to challenge it in federal court by placing enforcement in the hands of private citizens, rather than the state officials.
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