Posted on 08/23/2021 7:34:22 PM PDT by marshmallow
Aug 18 (Reuters) - The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld on Wednesday a Texas law effectively banning the most common abortion procedure for terminating second-trimester pregnancies, reversing a ruling last year by a three-judge panel of the same court.
Wednesday's decision marks the first time a U.S. federal court has upheld a prohibition on the standard abortion method used after 15 weeks of pregnancy - dilation and evacuation, or D&E - though some other states have acted to outlaw it.
Last October, a three-judge panel of the 5th Circuit had sided with abortion rights activists in affirming a 2017 lower-court opinion that struck down the Texas law as unconstitutional and temporarily barred its enforcement.
The panel's 2-1 ruling held that the statute "unduly burdens a woman's constitutionally protected right" to terminate her own pregnancy before the fetus is considered viable.
But the full 17-member 5th Circuit, acting on an appeal from Texas, reheard the case in January and issued its "en banc" decision on Wednesday vacating that decision, thus putting the Republican-enacted abortion restriction into effect.
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Praise God!
The womem who want an abortion will just go get another Covid vaccination. Problem solved. /s
One bite at a time.
One step at a time.
One day at a time.
We’re fixing to find out. This is going to SCOTUS and I pray becomes the law of the land at a minimum.
Diversionary race riots or ... ???
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