Supreme Court Deals Clinics New Rebuff on Texas Abortion Law (2)

The U.S. Supreme Court ensured that Texas’ six-week abortion ban will stay fully in effect for the time being, refusing for a second time to let abortion providers return to a federal trial court to keep pressing their challenge.

The decision, which came with no explanation, drew a scathing dissent from Justice Sonia Sotomayor on behalf of the court’s three liberals. She said Thursday the majority was countenancing delaying tactics by the state and a federal appeals court to keep an unconstitutional law in force.

“This case is a disaster for the rule of law and a grave disservice ...