Posted on 04/03/2020 12:28:40 PM PDT by Morgana
Alabama leaders filed an appeal Thursday to be allowed to include elective abortions in a state-wide restriction on non-essential medical procedures during the coronavirus pandemic.
Bloomberg Law reports the Alabama Attorney Generals Office asked the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals to end a judges order blocking the state from enforcing the restriction.
A hearing on the matter is scheduled for Friday, according to the report.
The state order restricts all non-essential medical care during the pandemic. The purpose is to conserve medical resources and prevent further spread of the virus. Alabama and several other states included elective abortions in their orders, but abortion facilities are suing many of the states to block the mandates.
On Monday, an Alabama district judge ruled against the inclusion of elective abortions in the state mandate, UPI reports. Judge Myron Thompson, who has a history of ruling for the abortion industry, argued that the mandate unconstitutionally restricts womens right to abortion.
Thompson temporarily suspended the order as it applies to elective abortions through April 13, according to The Birmingham News. No other medical services are included in his order.
Because Alabama law imposes time limits on when women can obtain abortions, the March 27 order is likely to fully prevent some women from exercising their right to obtain an abortion, Thompson wrote in his decision.
Earlier this week, Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall expressed outrage at the lawsuit, which was filed by the abortion industry, not women.
Put simply, no provider or clinic is excused from compliance with this order, Marshall said in a statement. At a time when all Americans are making significant sacrifices to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus, it is remarkable that one class of providers demands to be treated differently than all others.
He said abortion facilities want an exemption, but they are not exempt from the risks of spreading the virus in crowded waiting rooms or using up scarce medical supplies that are needed to save lives.
Marshall also joined 15 other state attorneys general in filing a friend of the court brief supporting states that are including elective abortions in their health care restrictions, according to the report.
The states three abortion facilities and the American Civil Liberties Union filed the lawsuit Monday.
as of [Sunday] afternoon, the Attorney General refused to provide any further guidance as to how it is interpreting the scope of the Order other than to make plain that in its view someand perhaps mostabortions are not permitted, the lawsuit states. The Attorney General did make clear, however, that violation of the March 27 Order carries criminal penalties.
The ACLU claimed state leaders are using the guise of the COVID-19 crisis to stop abortions.
Abortion advocacy groups also filed lawsuits against Texas, Ohio, Oklahoma and Iowa. On Tuesday, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals allowed Texas to stop elective abortions as part of its restrictions during the coronavirus outbreak.
Notably, none of the lawsuits against these states were filed by women claiming harm. All of them come from abortion advocacy groups and abortion facilities that benefit financially from the killing of unborn babies.
There is a hearing going on right now in the Western District of Oklahoma on this very issue.
Update: 3,000 New Deaths Today But Enough About Abortion.
Yea I know I’ve posted about every state I have info on. Oklahoma is one of them.
This is insane. You would think they would stop with Covid 19 but not the urge to kill is just to great.
Heavenly Father, We earnestly come before Your Throne. Please take over this sickening fight and let Pro-Life triumph over all in all states. In the Name of Jesus we pray, Amen
All that medical equipment needs to be used for the virus patients not killing babies. There is supposed to be a shortage of masks, ventilators, PPE’s etc.
Knowing how nasty abortion “clinics” are, I doubt they’ve got any of that equipment...
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