The Texas Supreme Court on Friday rejected a closely watched challenge to the state’s restrictive abortion ban, ruling against a group of women who had serious pregnancy complications and became the first in the U.S. to testify in court about being denied abortions since Roe v. Wade was overturned.
In a unanimous ruling, the all-Republican court upheld the Texas law that opponents say is too vague when it comes to when medically necessary exceptions are allowed. The same issue was at the center of a separate lawsuit brought last year by Kate Cox, a mother of two from Dallas, who sought court permission to obtain an abortion after her fetus developed a fatal condition during a pregnancy that resulted in multiple trips to an emergency room.
Abortion rights activists have struggled to stem the tide of restrictions that have taken effect in most Republican-led states since the U.S. Supreme Court in 2022 overturned Roe vs Wade, which for nearly 50 years had affirmed the constitutional right to an abortion.
The court said the law’s exceptions, as written, are broad enough and that doctors would be misinterpreting the law if they declined to perform an abortion when the mother’s life is in danger.
Get ready, America. Van loads of morality police beating women on the street for not dressing conservatively are in your future.
Faux News has been warning us about religious law being enforced in our communities for decades. They just had a typo in which religion it was.
Haaretz, an Israeli newspaper, had an interesting article about abortion laws in some US states and how they compare back in 2019 before Roe v. Wade was repealed. Alabama, Iran, or Saudi Arabia? We Checked Where Abortion Laws Are Better for Women
I wonder what Texas will do when all the doctors leave to work in states that won’t arrest them for saving lives.
What is the punishment for a doctor performing an illegal abortion in Texas?
Texas doctors face harsh penalties for performing an abortion that does not meet the criteria for a medical exception — fines of at least $100,000 and up to 99 years in prison.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/texas-supreme-court-ruling-abortion-ban/
Complain harder about woke ideologue as they blame liberals for shunning their perfect state.
I say this as a recent transplant out of spending almost 2 decades in Texas.
Couldn’t get out of there soon enough. So happy we left.
Where’d you go instead? Also looking to move elsewhere as my home state slides further into theocratic hell
We’re up in Colorado, near the Denver area now. Much, much, much, much better. This state isn’t batshit insane.
Really? That’s literally exactly where we were planning to go, just have heard some bad things about the crime rate and cost of living, not to mention being much colder.
the whole state is very good actually, even the redder parts imo, so find somewhere you can afford if denver is too much
It’s cold at night, and warm during the day. But yeah, it is more expensive up here.
I guess we shouldn’t be surprised that more desirable places to live can be more expensive. Demand does often drive prices up.
Yeah, for sure. If you ever want any help/advice/etc. about moving up here if that’s in your cards at some point, feel free to HMU. My wife and I just went through it, as did 2 of my friends who transplanted out of the Austin area to here.
It’s better on the other side, for sure.
There’s still a lot of trump/MAGA crazies up here, because they’re roughly 30% of the voting US population; but they lack any real governing or decision making power in the state, and losing more every day.
We vote by mail, with a guide that tells you the full details (in a large packet) of what every single law, bond, etc. means and how it could affect you along with the background on how that law got onto the ballot.
Then you just drop it off at the post office box and you’re done. It’s amazing how easy it is to vote compared to Texas.
And that’s just one of the many things that’s better. :)
some dudebro will make an app for crowdsourced “Health Experts” who look you over briefly and then prescribe opiates. it will cost $300 out of pocket and AI will be involved somehow
some dudebro will make an app for crowdsourced “Health Experts” who look you over briefly and then prescribe opiates.
“Well, don’t want to sound like a dick or nothin’, but, ah… it says on your chart that you’re fucked up. Ah, you talk like a fag, and your shit’s all retarded. What I’d do, is just like… like… you know, like, you know” what I mean, like…
"Texas law permits a life-saving abortion,” the court wrote in the order signed by Justice Jane Bland.
Under the law in Texas, doctors who perform abortions risk life in prison, fines of up to $100,000 and revocation of their state medical licenses.
Hmmmm
That’s kinda the point - Texas permits a life-saving abortion, but is super vague as to what counts as “life-saving” and if it’s not life-saving **enough ** then comes the extreme punishment.
