The ban will resume while the court considers an appeal to a decision that had briefly allowed greater access to abortions in the state.

The justices kept in place a lower court order that said hospitals cannot be required to provide pregnancy terminations that would violate Texas law.

The justices kept in place a lower court order that said hospitals cannot be required to provide pregnancy terminations that would violate Texas law.

The U.S. Supreme Court declined to review Texas's abortion restriction, allowing hospitals to deny certain emergency terminations that may violate state law.

The Supreme Court kept in place a order that said hospitals cannot be required to provide pregnancy terminations.

The justices turned away the Justice Department's appeal of a lower court's decision that halted enforcement of the guidance in Texas, where a Republican-backed near-total ban on abortion is in effect

The Georgia Supreme Court on Monday halted a ruling striking down the state's near-ban on abortions while it considers the state's appeal. The high court's order came a week after a judge found that Georgia unconstitutionally prohibits abortions beyond about six weeks of pregnancy, often...

Oct. 7 (UPI) -- The Georgia Supreme Court on Monday rejected a lower court's ruling that says the state's near-total abortion ban was unconstitutional, according to new reports.

The Supreme Court's order came after a judge ruled Georgia unconstitutionally prohibits abortions beyond six weeks.

The justices kept in place a lower court order that said hospitals cannot be required to provide pregnancy terminations that would violate Texas law.

The ruling comes a week after a lower state judge overturned Georgia’s six-week abortion ban.