Thursday, October 07, 2021

FEDERAL JUDGE BLOCKS TEXAS "FETAL HEARTBEAT" LAW

by Bob Walsh

U. S. District Court Judge Robert Pitman stated in his official position that the Texas anti-abortion law, which bans abortions after about six weeks, is an "offensive deprivation of such an important right" and has ordered that all state actors, including judges and court clerks, are enjoined from enforcing it.

Similar laws in Kentucky and Georgia have been similarly blocked.

SCOTUS had already declined to block implementation of the law.  This will no doubt lead to an interesting court fight, with wide-reaching political and social consequences.

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