Posted on 03/30/2020 3:07:57 PM PDT by Morgana
Planned Parenthood, the country’s largest abortion corporation, will be allowed to continue committing abortions in Texas during the COVID-19 pandemic. CBS News reporter Kate Smith broke the news on Twitter, announcing that a federal judge granted Planned Parenthood and the Center of Reproductive Rights a temporary restraining order against Attorney General Ken Paxton’s order for all abortions to be banned.
Calling abortions non-essential services during the coronavirus pandemic, any abortion that was considered not medically necessary for the life or health of the mother was not allowed, with abortionists who violated the order facing a $1,000 fine or 180 days of jail time. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott had previously issued an executive order to expand hospital bed capacity as much as possible, and Paxton said that played into the decision to suspend abortions. “No one is exempt from the governor’s executive order on medically unnecessary surgeries and procedures, including abortion providers,” Paxton said in a statement. “Those who violate the governor’s order will be met with the full force of the law.”
Paxton also slammed abortion facilities as being careless and inconsiderate during this time of crisis. “Medical professionals are in dire need of supplies, and abortion providers who refuse to follow state law are demonstrating a clear disregard for Texans suffering from this medical crisis,” a statement read. “All Texans must work together to stop the spread of COVID-19. My office will continue to defend Governor Abbott’s Order to ensure that supplies and personal protective gear reach the hardworking medical professionals who need it the most during this health crisis.”
Abortionists immediately fired back that abortion is “essential health care” and filed a lawsuit to have the ban overturned. Judge Lee Yeakel ruled today that upholding the ban would cause women to “suffer serious and irreparable harm,” according to CBS News. Of course, in reality, abortion is never medically necessary, and it is not health care. Previously, Yeakel ruled to allow barbaric second trimester D&E abortions to continue in the state.
Meanwhile, the ACLU is filing lawsuits, along with Planned Parenthood, to overturn similar bans on elective procedures in Iowa, Ohio, Oklahoma and Alabama. These lawsuits come as other non-essential health care procedures, which do not take any lives are are not medically necessary, are similarly paused so that all available personal protective gear, respirators, and hospital beds can go toward the fight against the coronavirus.
Well as a Texan I guess I no longer need to stay at home. As a man I can now drive around freely and if some official asks, I going to have an abortion. If the official does not like that answer I will just tell him not to go there girlfriend.
“I hear what you are saying, but for the record, what kind of judge would Al Gore or GWB’s primary opponent (John McCain) have appointed?”
The same.
It isn’t Monday morning quarterback (that’s the garbage excuse the GOPe always gives), it is realizing that the Constitution is more important than any other issue, and being on the same page as conservatives that we need to be educating other about the Constitution.
“We get 80 percent good out of r appointments. 0 percent out of democrat.”
On SCOTUS appointments, I do not know how you can make that claim with a straight face.
If a Republican Congress goes along with a Republican President’s unconstitutional proposals, that gives worse outcomes that a Republican Congress resisting Obama (for example) tooth and nail. Obama got us a far better conservative outcome on the 2A and globalism, than Pierre Delecto ever would have. If you want me to support your candidate in the general, the onus is on the GOP is the find someone who will honor their oath of office.
I meant all judges in general.
We have also had a lot of S.C. victories. Not total domination to be sure.
The alternative is unthinkable.
“The alternative is unthinkable.”
Roe v Wade was decided by a majority Republican court.
Why can’t we get SCOTUS to undo socialism?
Romney is equally bad to virtually any Democrat. Your job is to help conservatives prevent him, and others like him, from becoming out candidate. In many ways he is worse because he poisons the Republican brand, as Bush did.
Turn off their power and water
Judge Earl Leroy Yeakel III is another baby-killing slob.
It was majority republican before the republicans were a pro life party.
The republican presidents appointing these justices were not I assume considering the possibility of these justices discovering abortion rights in the Consitution.
Since then they have appointed MOSTLY well as opposed to the Dems who have appointed a hundred percent horrid.
No wonder Lincoln wanted to arrest judges.
Court Denies Petition To Question Zuckerberg and Banks About Alleged Facebook IPO Fraud
Josh Constine June 13, 2012
https://techcrunch.com/2012/06/13/court-denies-petition-to-question-zuckerberg-and-banks-about-alleged-facebook-ipo-fraud/
Today a Texas court dismissed a petition asking for “oral depositions and requests for documents” from Facebook to determine if it defrauded investors in its IPO last month. The judge ruled that the plaintiffs needed to already have grounds for a complaint against Facebook, and could not use a petition for discovery in order to figure out the basis for a lawsuit, according to government documents attained by TechCrunch.
The petition sought to grill CEO Mark Zuckerberg, CFO David Ebersman, Chief Accounting Officer David Spillane, and representatives from Morgan Stanley, J.P. Morgan, and Goldman Sachs for info about whether they withheld negative financial data about Facebook from the public before its IPO. Facebook remains embroiled in several other lawsuits with similar complaints, though.
The petition explained that other lawsuits were based on news articles about the problematic IPO, but that the plaintiffs wanted interviews with those involved to gather evidence. Specifically, they wanted to ask:
If Facebook failed to make public negative information given to its underwriters?
If the banks only disclosed that information to some investors?
If the defendants sought to artificially increase the price of the offering for their own benefit?
Why the $38 IPO price was selected?
Who was responsible for the alleged fraud?
United States District Judge for Western Texas Lee Yeakel ruled that the petition filed by Bogdan Rentea & Associates did not meet the requirements of Rule 27, which allows for requests for depositions from defendants and document discovery.
Facebook tells TechCrunch “We are pleased with the court’s decision. As we’ve said before, we believe the cases filed against us in connection with the IPO are without merit, and we will continue to defend ourselves vigorously.” The dismissal came just a week after the petition was filed, and before Facebook even had a chance to respond.
However, this petition was denied based on a violation of court procedure, not as a judgement on Facebook’s innocence though. Other class action suits from New York and Canada claiming Facebook misled investors are still ongoing. There are also pending suits against NASDAQ for its bungling of the technical delivery of the IPO.
Those properly filed lawsuits could lead to the discovery that Rentea was seeking. Then the public might get a better idea of what went down behind closed doors between Facebook’s executives and the big investment banks in the days before the IPO.
Judge Yeakel is a deep state operatpr.
Send the National Guard to arrest the Judge.
Then the “Judge” needs to tell them they cannot stop ANY elective surgeries....
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