Texas Heartbeat Act Archives - Jackson & Campbell, P.C.

2 Sep 2021 |

SCOTUS Opinion: Bare Majority Of Court Allows Texas Abortion Law To Go Into Effect

The Texas Heartbeat Act created a private right of action to sue anyone who performed or assisted in performing an abortion after a heartbeat had been detected in a fetus—generally after about six weeks from conception, but well before the viability benchmark established in Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973). Abortion providers sued a state court judge, a state ... Read More

TAGGED: Abortion, injunction, Texas Heartbeat Act, Roe v. Wade, Whole Woman's Health v. Jackson