Texas Supreme Court considers abortion challenge

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

48% : Many had to travel to abortion clinics out-of-state.
44% : "And she has to then sue the doctor, and maybe the attorney general, at that point, and then she would have standing and sovereign immunity would be waived?"Klusmann said that wasn't the only situation that would generate standing, but "you would at least then know that the law is the problem, and not the doctor.""Some of these women appear to have fallen within these exceptions but their doctors still said no," she said.
40% : The state argues the judge went too far in her injunction by reading exceptions into the law beyond what the Legislature intended.
38% : The state has argued that because these women are not actively seeking abortions at the moment, clarifying the law would not address their claims.
37% : Several of the justices asked Duane why the Center for Reproductive Rights did not bring a wider suit, challenging the law on the grounds that it is too vague to be properly enforced.
35% : "That's not the fault of the law.

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