Temporarily…..
Bet one this going to a Texas based Federal Appeal Court to be overturned…..
A federal judge on Wednesday blocked a controversial Texas law banning abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy.
U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman’s ruling said, “A person’s right under the Constitution to choose to obtain an abortion prior to fetal viability is well established.” It added that “depriving citizens of this right” would be “flagrantly unconstitutional.”
The order follows the Biden administration’s challenge to the ban and will temporarily cease the most restrictive abortion law in the country, which the Supreme Court narrowly allowed to take effect about a month ago.
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The order followed the Biden administration’s challenge to the ban, which the Supreme Court narrowly allowed to take effect about a month ago.
The order noted that Texas requested that the state be allowed to appeal the injunction before it takes effect.
“The State has forfeited the right to any such accommodation by pursuing an unprecedented and aggressive scheme to deprive its citizens of a significant and well-established constitutional right,” Pitman wrote.
“That other courts may find a way to avoid this conclusion is theirs to decide;” he added, “this Court will not sanction one more day of this offensive deprivation of such an important right.”
Officials in Texas are expected to appeal the order in the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals…..
As expected….
Texas will appeal a court order blocking the state’s restrictive abortion law after a federal judge called it an “offensive deprivation of such an important right.”
In public statements and court filings issued just hours after the ruling from U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman, Texas officials said they intended to take the case to an appeals court.
“We disagree with the Court’s decision and have already taken steps to immediately appeal it to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals,” Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) said on Twitter Thursday morning. “The sanctity of human life is, and will always be, a top priority for me.”…
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