United States v. Texas

The United States sought to block Texas’s enforcement of SB 8, which bans abortions after six weeks of pregnancy and allows private lawsuits against people who assist. The Supreme Court dismissed the case without deciding the merits.

The dismissal meant this case did not resolve whether the federal government could stop Texas from enforcing SB 8. People seeking or helping provide abortions remained affected by the law and its private-enforcement system.

The Supreme Court has finished its action in this case. The dismissal did not resolve the merits of the challenge to SB 8.

The Court dismissed the case. It did not decide the merits of the federal government’s challenge to Texas’s SB 8.

People seeking abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, and people who assist them, remained affected by SB 8’s private-lawsuit system.

The Supreme Court’s action in this docket is complete. Its dismissal left the merits of the SB 8 challenge unresolved.