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Showing Original Post only (View all)FEDERAL JUDGE BLOCKS ENFORCEMENT OF TEXAS ABORTION LAW [View all]
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Federal judge blocks enforcement of Texas abortion law, says restrictions are unconstitutional - @becca_aa, @jgrovum
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.
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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I can see the right yelling "activist Judge" now. They seem to forget Scalia, the
bluestate10
Oct 2013
#13
excellent point. I prefer "women's life and safety" rather than "choice", too. n/t
BlancheSplanchnik
Oct 2013
#21