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Old 10-06-2021, 08:19 PM
 
Location: Tricity, PL
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A federal judge on Wednesday granted the Justice Department’s request to halt enforcement of the recently passed Texas law that bans nearly all abortions in the state while the legal battle over the statute makes its way through the federal courts.
In his 113-page ruling, Robert L. Pitman, a Federal District Court judge in Austin, Texas, sided with the Biden administration, which had sued to halt a law that has changed the landscape of the abortion fight and further fueled the national debate over whether abortion will remain legal across the country.

His decision to pause enforcement of the law, known as Senate Bill 8, could have an immediate impact on women in Texas who have scrambled to find health care providers in other parts of the country to get abortions.

https://www.statesman.com/story/news...aw/6030166001/
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Old 10-07-2021, 10:57 AM
 
Location: Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX
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A federal judge on Wednesday granted the Justice Department’s request to halt enforcement of the recently passed Texas law that bans nearly all abortions in the state while the legal battle over the statute makes its way through the federal courts.
In his 113-page ruling, Robert L. Pitman, a Federal District Court judge in Austin, Texas, sided with the Biden administration, which had sued to halt a law that has changed the landscape of the abortion fight and further fueled the national debate over whether abortion will remain legal across the country.

His decision to pause enforcement of the law, known as Senate Bill 8, could have an immediate impact on women in Texas who have scrambled to find health care providers in other parts of the country to get abortions.

https://www.statesman.com/story/news...aw/6030166001/

SB 8 never banned abortions nor did it criminalize them. All SB 8 did was make it easier for civil lawsuits to be brought forth if an abortion was performed. This is the SB 8 text location and this is from SB 8.


https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup...s=87R&Bill=SB8


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[CENTER]AN ACT[/CENTER]
relating to abortion, including abortions after detection of an unborn child's heartbeat; authorizing a private civil right of action.
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Sec. 171.207. LIMITATIONS ON PUBLIC ENFORCEMENT. (a) Notwithstanding Section 171.005 or any other law, the requirements of this subchapter shall be enforced exclusively through the private civil actions described in Section 171.208. No enforcement of this subchapter, and no enforcement of Chapters 19 and 22, Penal Code, in response to violations of this subchapter, may be taken or threatened by this state, a political subdivision, a district or county attorney, or an executive or administrative officer or employee of this state or a political subdivision against any person, except as provided in Section 171.208.
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Old 10-07-2021, 11:01 AM
 
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Good.
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Old 10-07-2021, 01:13 PM
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Location: Houston, TX/Detroit, MI
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Good. I hope it gets struck down soon.
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Old 10-08-2021, 07:10 AM
 
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SB 8 never banned abortions nor did it criminalize them. All SB 8 did was make it easier for civil lawsuits to be brought forth if an abortion was performed. This is the SB 8 text location and this is from SB 8.


https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup...s=87R&Bill=SB8


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Isn’t this a distinction without a difference? While the language may not have explicitly banned abortions, it had that effect as the law induced physicians and those involved to stop providing them. Or at a minimum, certainly significantly reduced access.
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Old 10-08-2021, 10:32 AM
 
Location: Wonderland
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A doctor who has been performing abortions in spite of the law was sued by two entities who self identify as "not pro life" or they identify as "pro choice."

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/20/u...lan-braid.html

NPR reports that the only way the law can be enforced is via private lawsuits.
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Under the law, the restriction can only be enforced through private lawsuits.
https://www.npr.org/2021/09/20/10391...-abortion-sued
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Old 10-08-2021, 10:33 AM
 
Location: Austin, TX
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Yeah, part of the reason it was 'stayed' was because the obvious intent to criminalize the process. It will also likely be the reason is it struck down.
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Old 10-08-2021, 10:34 AM
 
Location: Austin, TX
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A doctor who has been performing abortions in spite of the law was sued by two entities who self identify as "not pro life" or "pro choice."

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/20/u...lan-braid.html
This was intended to force the issue to the SCOTUS as fast as possible, not to actually sue the doctor. And to be fair, that is a LOT less duplicitous than the actual law itself.
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Old 10-08-2021, 10:36 AM
 
Location: Wonderland
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This was intended to force the issue to the SCOTUS as fast as possible, not to actually sue the doctor.

Clearly.
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Old 10-08-2021, 07:37 PM
 
Location: We_tside PNW (Columbia Gorge) / CO / SA TX / Thailand
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This was intended to force the issue to the SCOTUS as fast as possible, ...
Yeah, the SCOTUS has a lot of free time, and needs to rule quickly on a few more contentious rulings.

I think politicians have too much time on their hands during non-election yrs.

Maybe we could issue them weed-eaters and chain saws to go work in the forest. That would give them a lot of time to think.
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