Mon Oct 28, 2013, 02:07 PM
FEDERAL JUDGE BLOCKS ENFORCEMENT OF TEXAS ABORTION LAWBreaking News @BreakingNews
Federal judge blocks enforcement of Texas abortion law, says restrictions are unconstitutional - @becca_aa, @jgrovum 
AUSTIN, Texas -- AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — New abortion restrictions passed by the Texas Legislature are unconstitutional and will not take effect as scheduled on Tuesday, a federal judge has ruled.
District Judge Lee Yeakel wrote Monday that the regulations violated the rights of abortion doctors to do what they think is best for their patients and would unreasonably restrict a woman's access to abortion clinics. Lawyers for Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers brought the lawsuit, arguing that a requirement that doctors have admitting privileges at a hospital within 30 miles of the abortion clinic would force the closure of a third of the clinics in Texas. They also complained that requiring doctors to follow the Food and Drug Administration's original label for an abortion-inducing drug would deny women the benefit of recent advances in medical science. The Texas attorney general's office argued that the law protects women and the life of the fetus. Attorney General Greg Abbott was expected to file an emergency appeal of Yeakel's order to the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/28/texas-abortion-unconstitutional_n_4171087.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000003
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 FEDERAL JUDGE BLOCKS ENFORCEMENT OF TEXAS ABORTION LAW (Original post) |
BluegrassStateBlues | Oct 2013 | OP |
| Judi Lynn | Oct 2013 | #1 | |
| Sophiegirl | Oct 2013 | #3 | |
| dmr | Oct 2013 | #2 | |
| MineralMan | Oct 2013 | #4 | |
| 11 Bravo | Oct 2013 | #5 | |
| hamsterjill | Oct 2013 | #30 | |
| Lobo27 | Oct 2013 | #6 | |
| iandhr | Oct 2013 | #10 | |
| kentauros | Oct 2013 | #29 | |
| Uncle Joe | Oct 2013 | #7 | |
| ismnotwasm | Oct 2013 | #8 | |
| hamsterjill | Oct 2013 | #31 | |
| Scurrilous | Oct 2013 | #9 | |
| spanone | Oct 2013 | #11 | |
| Dopers_Greed | Oct 2013 | #12 | |
| bluestate10 | Oct 2013 | #13 | |
| sheshe2 | Oct 2013 | #14 | |
| freshwest | Oct 2013 | #15 | |
| BlancheSplanchnik | Oct 2013 | #20 | |
| Heather MC | Oct 2013 | #16 | |
| TexasTowelie | Oct 2013 | #17 | |
| BlancheSplanchnik | Oct 2013 | #21 | |
| Cerridwen | Oct 2013 | #24 | |
| ScreamingMeemie | Oct 2013 | #28 | |
| Rozlee | Oct 2013 | #18 | |
| JimboBillyBubbaBob | Oct 2013 | #19 | |
| ancianita | Oct 2013 | #22 | |
| 0rganism | Oct 2013 | #23 | |
| cali | Oct 2013 | #25 | |
| Bunnahabhain | Oct 2013 | #26 | |
| giftedgirl77 | Oct 2013 | #27 | |
| cali | Oct 2013 | #34 | |
| giftedgirl77 | Oct 2013 | #36 | |
| cali | Oct 2013 | #38 | |
| Post removed | Oct 2013 | #41 | |
| cali | Oct 2013 | #46 | |
| BluegrassStateBlues | Oct 2013 | #42 | |
| giftedgirl77 | Oct 2013 | #43 | |
| Pretzel_Warrior | Oct 2013 | #32 | |
| malaise | Oct 2013 | #33 | |
| liberal_at_heart | Oct 2013 | #35 | |
| Pretzel_Warrior | Oct 2013 | #37 | |
| Javaman | Oct 2013 | #39 | |
| Pretzel_Warrior | Oct 2013 | #40 | |
| TBF | Oct 2013 | #44 | |
| Bolo Boffin | Oct 2013 | #45 | |
| Left Coast2020 | Oct 2013 | #47 |
Response to BluegrassStateBlues (Original post)
Mon Oct 28, 2013, 02:12 PM
Judi Lynn (155,216 posts)
1. Jeez, BluegrassStateBlues. This IS good news. Thank you. n/t
Response to Judi Lynn (Reply #1)
Mon Oct 28, 2013, 02:20 PM
Sophiegirl (2,338 posts)
3. A link I found...
Response to BluegrassStateBlues (Original post)
Mon Oct 28, 2013, 02:20 PM
dmr (27,921 posts)
2. YES!
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Thank you for posting this!
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Response to BluegrassStateBlues (Original post)
Mon Oct 28, 2013, 02:20 PM
MineralMan (144,938 posts)
4. Good news. Take that, Texas!
Response to BluegrassStateBlues (Original post)
Mon Oct 28, 2013, 02:23 PM
11 Bravo (23,574 posts)
5. Rick Perry responded, "There are three things wrong with this ruling. One ...
Response to 11 Bravo (Reply #5)
Mon Oct 28, 2013, 04:03 PM
hamsterjill (14,742 posts)
30. Priceless!!!
Response to BluegrassStateBlues (Original post)
Mon Oct 28, 2013, 02:27 PM
6. Are these judges appointed for life?
Response to BluegrassStateBlues (Original post)
Mon Oct 28, 2013, 02:29 PM
Uncle Joe (54,833 posts)
7. Kicked and recommended.
Response to BluegrassStateBlues (Original post)
Mon Oct 28, 2013, 02:31 PM
ismnotwasm (40,911 posts)
8. Excellent news
Response to BluegrassStateBlues (Original post)
Mon Oct 28, 2013, 02:56 PM
spanone (132,843 posts)
11. k&r...
Response to BluegrassStateBlues (Original post)
Mon Oct 28, 2013, 03:05 PM
13. I can see the right yelling "activist Judge" now. They seem to forget Scalia, the
Response to BluegrassStateBlues (Original post)
Mon Oct 28, 2013, 03:12 PM
sheshe2 (77,595 posts)
14. K&R!
Response to BluegrassStateBlues (Original post)
Mon Oct 28, 2013, 03:16 PM
15. Welcome GOP to your new polling place:
It didn't have to happen this way, but you asked for it. No, I am not going to be nice. |
Response to freshwest (Reply #15)
Mon Oct 28, 2013, 03:40 PM
BlancheSplanchnik (20,219 posts)
20. !
Very exciting to see a real legal scholar do the right thing!!! |
Response to BluegrassStateBlues (Original post)
Mon Oct 28, 2013, 03:17 PM
Heather MC (8,084 posts)
16. I Wish, they would stop calling them "Abortion Clinics"
Response to Heather MC (Reply #16)
Mon Oct 28, 2013, 03:41 PM
BlancheSplanchnik (20,219 posts)
21. excellent point. I prefer "women's life and safety" rather than "choice", too. n/t
Response to Heather MC (Reply #16)
Mon Oct 28, 2013, 03:52 PM
24. I've read they're called hospitals in Europe.
Response to BluegrassStateBlues (Original post)
Mon Oct 28, 2013, 03:20 PM
18. Excellent! Thwarted again, Governor Goodhair.
Response to BluegrassStateBlues (Original post)
Mon Oct 28, 2013, 03:25 PM
19. Fantastic news,
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a piece at a time.
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Response to BluegrassStateBlues (Original post)
Mon Oct 28, 2013, 03:43 PM
ancianita (30,038 posts)
22. That judge better be packin'. Texas woman haters don't cotton to letting activist judges live.
Response to BluegrassStateBlues (Original post)
Mon Oct 28, 2013, 03:46 PM
0rganism (23,594 posts)
23. any read on the 5th circuit appeals court?
Response to BluegrassStateBlues (Original post)
Mon Oct 28, 2013, 03:57 PM
27. K&R...
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and another one bites the dust.
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Response to giftedgirl77 (Reply #36)
Mon Oct 28, 2013, 04:32 PM
38. lol. policing? I'm posting in a thread, dear. Just like YOU
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and guess what? Not only do lots of people post in threads that I start, but many of those threads get lots and lots of recs and end up on the top of the greatest list.
that must irritate you. 
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Response to BluegrassStateBlues (Original post)
Mon Oct 28, 2013, 04:08 PM
malaise (252,657 posts)
33. K & R
Response to BluegrassStateBlues (Original post)
Mon Oct 28, 2013, 04:09 PM
35. I knew it would be shot down in the courts. That is very good news.
Response to BluegrassStateBlues (Original post)
Mon Oct 28, 2013, 04:37 PM
Javaman (60,681 posts)
39. K & R!!!
Response to BluegrassStateBlues (Original post)
Mon Oct 28, 2013, 05:22 PM
TBF (31,869 posts)
44. K&R nt
Response to BluegrassStateBlues (Original post)
Mon Oct 28, 2013, 05:26 PM
45. Two special sessions over this issue
Response to BluegrassStateBlues (Original post)
Mon Oct 28, 2013, 10:38 PM
47. What does the provision "admitting privilages" mean?
