A unique Texas legal rule lets the attorney general’s office supersede some judges’ orders

Amanda Zurawski, middle, addresses the press following the first day of testimony in a lawsuit in which she and other Texans are suing the state over its strict abortion ban. (Credit: Joe Timmerman/The Texas Tribune)

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Minutes before the close of business on a Friday in August, a state district judge temporarily ordered that women with complicated pregnancies could receive abortions in response to a lawsuit filed by Texans who had been denied care due to the state’s strict ban on the procedure.