By Chris Walker, Truthout

A Texas law that bans abortion after six weeks of pregnancy went into effect on Wednesday after the United States Supreme Court chose not to enjoin it from being enforced.

Many had expected the Court to intervene, by placing at minimum an injunction on the law to allow for further review at a later time. But as the midnight deadline on Wednesday morning passed, no action from the Court came about.

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