Abortion ban in Texas may remain in effect. The Texas abortion ban, known for its strictness and consistency, may remain in effect for the duration of the review process. The continuation is expected before the Supreme Court of the United States of America.
According to the United States federal appeals court, there is no need to suspend the application of the abortion ban introduced by conservatives in the state of Texas, The Wall Street Journal reports.
The case could end up before the US Supreme Court. It should be noted that the highest judicial forum of the USA already met with the case this year, but then the conservative-majority body rejected the motion of the pro-abortionists to block the enforcement of the law. The abortion ban applies practically from the first heartbeat of the fetus, i.e. from the sixth week of pregnancy, prohibiting doctors from performing the intervention if they become aware of the heartbeat of the fetus.
The federal appeals court of the United States of America decided in a 2:1 ratio that the regulation that greatly narrows the scope of abortion in Texas can remain in effect for the entire duration of the judicial review, which is still ongoing. The judges who voted in favor of the decision sided with the Republican party, while the judge who opposed it sympathized with the Democrats.
The decision delays the implementation of a ruling by a federal judge in Austin, in which the judge ordered a suspension of the law. Robert Pitman presented his verdict to the public, in the justification of which he expressed his conviction that the law "unprecedentedly hinders" women from being able to dispose of their own lives in ways protected by the constitution.
Texas officials appealed the early October decision, and the conservative-dominated Fifth Circuit Federal Court of Appeals overturned Pitman's position in an Oct. 14 ruling. This does not mean that the American courts have given the green light to the abortion ban, it merely allows the legislation to be applied in the following months of review.
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The Attorney General sued the state of Texas last month. According to the ministry's point of view, it creates an illegal situation that pro-abortionists cannot judicially circumvent the Texas law, which is contrary to prevailing precedents anyway.
As we wrote, progressive voices sharply criticized the law, according to them it goes against the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade in 1973, which declared the ban on abortion up to the point of fetal viability unconstitutional, citing the right to privacy. The current Texas Life Protection Act entrusts the enforcement of the ban to citizens, which means that those who report illegal abortions and the court declares the violation of the law will receive a $10,000 reward.
As we previously reported, along with Texas, Mississippi is the other state to stand by the ban advocated by the Republican majority and has taken the pro-life issue all the way to the Supreme Court. In this case, the forum scheduled the presentation of the resolutions for December 1.
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