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What happens next in abortion providers' fight to challenge the Texas law

The Supreme Court ruling was technically a narrow win for Whole Woman's Health, but the abortion provider said the court "failed us today" when the justices declined to pause enforcement of the law.
Pro-choice and anti-abortion demonstrators rally outside the U.S. Supreme Court last month in Washington, DC.
Updated December 10, 2021 at 1:50 PM ET

The Supreme Court "failed us today," wrote the abortion providers at the center of the legal challenge to S.B. 8, the controversial Texas law that allows private citizens to sue clinics that provide abortions.

"For 101 days, our patients have been left with two choices: carry a pregnancy they didn't want to, a network of abortion providers that operates four clinics in Texas.

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