A federal appeals court reinstated most of the restrictions in Texas’ new abortion law just three days after a judge ruled they were unconstitutional.
The judges of the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated the law requiring doctors to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals while the lawsuit moves through the court system. The restrictions go into place Friday.
The panel left in place the decision by District Judge Lee Yeakel preventing the state from enforcing the USDA’s protocol for abortion inducing drugs when the woman is between 50 and 63 days into her pregnancy.
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott made an emergency appeal of Judge Yeakel’s ruling arguing the law requiring doctors to have admitting privileges is constitutional use of the Legislature’s authority. The court’s order is temporary pending a full hearing, which will likely happen in January 2014.
The law also bans abortions at 20 weeks of pregnancy and starting October 2014 requires doctors to perform all abortions at surgical centers.
A federal judge struck down key parts of a law in Texas aimed at improving health conditions for women seeking to end their child’s life via abortion.
U.S. District Judge Lee Yeakel blocked the part of the law that requires doctors to have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital because it “places a substantial obstacle in the path of a woman seeking an abortion of a nonviable fetus and is thus an undue burden to her.”
The judge also blocked a part of the law that deals with medication-induced abortions but allowed restrictions to remain. The provisions include requiring the drugs to be used in strict compliance with FDA requirements and making follow up visits mandatory.
Pro-life groups said that the blockage of the law puts women’s lives in danger.
“Blocking this law only puts vulnerable women in greater danger. We are very disturbed that a judge would partially block a law that is grounded in the latest science and in common sense,” Anna Higgins of the Family Research Council told CNN.
Anti-life groups are organizing a campaign with the goal of trying to end “the stigma” of abortion.
The groups have even taken a slogan used during the Clinton administration of “safe, legal and rare” and dropped the word “rare” to add “affordable.”
The group is calling the event “1 in 3 Week of Action” claiming that one in every three women will have an abortion during their life. The group will be handing out books from women who are celebrating ending their baby’s lives via abortion.
The group also hired Katie Stack, a young women from the MTV show 16 and Pregnant, to come out and speak to the group about her decision to end her baby’s life via abortion. She will speak at an event being held at the University of Michigan.
“The fact of the matter is, no matter what anyone wants to debate about abortion and its morality, I feel that I made the right decision. And that’s threatening to people, the fact that I will say that,” Stack told an anti-life blog site.
The District of Columbia announced the beginning of sales for a pro-life license plate.
The plate, saying “Choose Life,” was made available for purchase on Wednesday.
The Children First Foundation submitted the proposal for the plate during the summer. The group told the Christian Post the DMV told them to expect a six to eight week delay before the plate could be manufactured.
Children First Foundation President Elizabeth Rex said that the plate is something that people could join even if they support abortion.
“Adoption is a pro-life choice that all Americans can support. It’s a very important choice for women who are facing an unplanned pregnancy or an unwanted pregnancy or even an unwanted newborn,” said Rex.
The foundation has been successful in making a “Choose Life” plate available in other states including New York and New Jersey.
The president of Ecuador said he will resign his office if the National Assembly makes abortion legal.
The Assembly is in the process of reforming the nation’s Penal Code. He said that some members of his own governing alliance is pushing to make abortion legal.
“They can do whatever they want. I will never approve the decriminalization of abortion,” President Rafael Correa said.
Correa was first elected in 2007 and re-elected to a third term in February. He is considered a far-left wing leader who is extremely critical of the United States and other western nations. He has given asylum to Wikileaks founder Julian Assange and has offered it to accused U.S. cyberterrorist Edward Snowden.
“Where do we say we should decriminalize abortion? On the contrary, our constitution pledges to defend life from the moment of conception,” Correa said on state TV.
Virginia Democratic candidate for governor was caught on video telling a woman that if he is elected he will take action to get around regulations that put requirements on abortion clinics.
Terry McAuliffe said he will use executive actions to get around the regulations passed by Virginia legislators requiring abortion clinics to meet health standards placed on every other surgical center in the state. Continue reading →
A report in Christianity Today shows that abortion clinics are closing at a record rate with 42 clinics that provided surgical abortions closing their doors this year.
NOVA Women’s Healthcare in Fairfax, Virginia, the state’s number one abortion provider, closed its doors in July. They shut down after not being able to meet health regulations enacted by the state legislature. Continue reading →
The Alliance Defending Freedom is calling for an investigation into Planned Parenthood of Northern New England after saying they are ignoring FDA regulations by distributing abortion inducing drugs past the time approved by the FDA.
Planned Parenthood had been advertising that they can provide the drugs for 14 days longer than the approved time period given by the FDA. Continue reading →
Anti-life activists are creating a video game where the goal is for a woman to kill her baby via abortion through the crowd-funding site “Indiegogo”.
The game is titled “Choice: Texas, A Very Serious Game” and is in the developmental stages by a professor at Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago and an activist poet living in Austin, Texas. Continue reading →
“I have not missed the child it might have been.”
This and other statements from women celebrating their killing of their babies via abortion is part of an online campaign encouraging women to celebrate their abortions and tell others about it. Continue reading →
