People attend the Women's March ATX rally, at the Texas State Capitol in Austin, Texas, on Oct. 2, 2021. A federal judge has ordered Texas to suspend a new law that has banned most abortions in the state since September. The order Wednesday by U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman freezes for now the strict abortion law known as Senate Bill 8.Abortions quickly resumed in some Texas clinics Thursday after a federal judge halted the most restrictive abortion law in the U.S.
“There’s actually hope from patients and from staff, and I think there’s a little desperation in that hope,” Hagstrom Miller said. “Folks know this opportunity could be short-lived.” In a 113-page opinion, Pitman took Texas to task, saying Republican lawmakers had “contrived an unprecedented and transparent statutory scheme” by leaving enforcement solely in the hands of private citizens, who can collect damages if they bring successful lawsuits against abortion providers who violate the restrictions.The law, signed by Republican Gov. Greg Abbott in May, has the effect of banning abortions before some women even know they are pregnant.
The lawsuit was brought by the Biden administration, which has said the restrictions were enacted in defiance of the U.S. Constitution. Attorney General Merrick Garland called the order “a victory for women in Texas and for the rule of law.”“For more than a month now, Texans have been deprived of abortion access because of an unconstitutional law that never should have gone into effect.
Some providers have said Texas clinics are now in danger of closing while neighbouring states struggle to keep up with a surge of patients who must drive hundreds of miles for an abortion. Other women, they say, are being forced to carry pregnancies to term. On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court began a new term, which in December will include arguments in Mississippi’s bid to overturn 1973′s landmark Roe v. Wade decision guaranteeing a woman’s right to an abortion.
This thread explains, freedom of religion is in direct violation of the tenets of freedom of speech. We should start with this to rebuild the wall between church & state. After that, the state should become more sober
What a turnaround!😢 Murdering the innocent reinstated.
don‘t mess with the Physician - Patient relationship !
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