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AUSTIN — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Wednesday said his office will help local prosecutors enforce the state’s abortion ban. “We stand ready to assist any local prosecutor who pursues criminal charges,” Paxton, a two-term Republican, said in an advisory. Abortion has been effectively outlawed in Texas since July 1, when the state Supreme Court ruled that a nearly century-old ban …

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