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The Texas Tribune
The Texas Tribune
National
Eleanor Klibanoff

New Texas law increasing penalties for abortion providers goes into effect Aug. 25

Abortion rights demonstrators protest outside the U.S. Supreme Court after the court overturned the landmark Roe v. Wade abortion decision, in Washington, D.C. on June 24, 2022.
Abortion rights demonstrators protest outside the U.S. Supreme Court on June 24 after it overturned the landmark Roe v. Wade abortion decision. A Texas law banning almost all abortions will now take effect Aug. 25. (Credit: Jason Garza for The Texas Tribune)

The U.S. Supreme Court has issued its official judgment in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, clearing the way for Texas’ “trigger law” banning almost all abortions to go into effect Aug. 25.

The law will increase the criminal and civil penalties associated with abortion, but the procedure is already virtually outlawed in Texas under an old statute that was in effect before the high court decided Roe v. Wade in 1973.

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