ANALYSIS & OPINION

Analysis: Texas legislators, with an assist from the U.S. Supreme Court, open a Pandora’s Box

The country just noticed what Texas was doing, and although Texans have been watching the debate over this anti-abortion law all year, even some of them were surprised at how quickly the legally protected right to abortion disappeared.

By Ross Ramsey, The Texas Tribune
Posted 9/2/21

The state of Texas has figured out, at least for now, how to do unconstitutional things in a way that doesn’t raise a majority of the eyebrows in the U.S. Supreme Court. The court turned …

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