Divided Supreme Court leaves Texas abortion law in place

WASHINGTON — A deeply divided Supreme Court is allowing a Texas law that bans most abortions to remain in force, for now stripping most women of the right to an abortion in the nation’s second-largest state. The court voted 5-4 to deny an emergency appeal from abortion providers and others that sought to block enforcement of the law that went into effect Wednesday. But the justices also suggested that Wednesday’s order likely isn’t the last word on whether the law can stand because other challenges to it can still be brought.-- More...