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Join President Trump’s Social Media Here!The Supreme Court has ruled that a lawsuit by abortion providers against the State of Texas may proceed before the law is enforced.
The Court also declared that the law, which bans abortions once a heartbeat is detected, will remain in effect until said legal challenge is resolved. (RELATED: Attorneys Accuse Kamala Harris of Illegal Collusion With Abortion Providers)
Here’s legal scholar Jonathan Turley discussing this morning’s ruling on Fox News:
CNBC further reports:
The ruling does not address whether a majority of the Supreme Court believes the ban is unconstitutional, a question that it could end up addressing once the lawsuit winds its way through lower courts.
Also Friday, the high court said that a second lawsuit challenging the law, one filed by the Biden administration, could not proceed.
The Texas law went into effect in September. It empowers private citizens to sue, for at least $10,000, anyone who “aids or abets” an abortion.
SEE ALSO: Governor Signs Another Hot Button Bill Into Law
But it has not been enforced against any provider yet for terminating the pregnancy of a woman after the detection of a fetal heartbeat, usually around six weeks or so into gestation. That is 18 weeks less than the standard set by Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court ruling that enshrined a woman’s constitutional right to abortion in 1973.
Here’s some reaction from across the political spectrum:
This is a dangerous precedent.
— NY AG James (@NewYorkStateAG) December 10, 2021
Upholding this ban on abortions will put countless people at risk. We will continue to fight back and protect the constitutional right to access an abortion.https://t.co/7i6qsih1rM
Unborn babies after today's Supreme Court ruling allowing the Texas abortion ban to continue. pic.twitter.com/2OUsuhahOK
— LifeNews.com (@LifeNewsHQ) December 10, 2021
The Supreme Court says abortion providers can challenge the controversial Texas abortion law, SB 8, but refuses to block the law — offering both disappointment and hope to abortion rights groups https://t.co/1LG8yHuOm5
— TIME (@TIME) December 10, 2021
SEE ALSO: Biden Administration Defies Rulemaking Process to Help Planned Parenthood
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I’m generally pro-life. Ideally, there’d be no abortions, but I understand why women have them in cases of rape, incest, etc. That said, abortions shouldn’t be legal after 20 weeks unless the mother could die. The problem with the six-week ban is that most women don’t know they’re pregnant until then!
the heart starts beating at 20-21 days after gestation