NOW: A federal judge has blocked enforcement of SB 8, Texas's 6-week abortion ban, and denied Texas's request to pause his ruling pending appeal.
"...this Court will not sanction one more day of this offensive deprivation of such an important right."
s3.documentcloud.org/documents/2107…
BREAKING, with more to come: A Judge Blocked Texas’s 6-Week Abortion Ban buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
A judge issued an order blocking Texas's 6-week abortion ban. It's not clear if/when providers will resume scheduling abortions, however — Texas is expected to appeal, and the law anticipates a situation like this and tries to preserve the legal risk buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
Just now, Texas has filed notice that it will appeal tonight's order temporarily halting the state's 6-week abortion ban. Up to the 5th Circuit, where Texas is likely to ask for an immediate stay of Pitman's injunction. buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
Here's AG Merrick Garland on the SB 8 prelim. injunction (which Texas is already in the process of appealing): "Today’s ruling enjoining the Texas law is a victory for women in Texas and for the rule of law." buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
This is one of those opinions where the judge does a lot of work in footnotes. In early sections, Pitman uses them to explain why people seek abortions, why "heartbeat" isn't accurate at 6 weeks, and how Texas made some errors in its handling of the case buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
Pitman writes that even though SB 8 is enforced via civil lawsuits filed by private citizens, he's not buying that Texas isn't in the driver's seat: "Indeed, the State has its prints all over the statute." buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
The White House weighs in on tonight's SB 8 ruling and notes that Biden supports codifying Roe v. Wade. Pitman in one section of his opinion pointed out that there is "remarkably little legislation" on the subject of federal abortion regs buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
That section reminded me of rulings we got re: Trump-era exec branch actions on immigration where judges kept noting that courts wouldn't have to keep getting involved if Congress would just do something about immigration
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