“[T]his court will not sanction one more day of this offensive deprivation of such an important right,” the judge wrote in the scathing order.
October 06, 2021 at 08:55 PM
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A federal district judge temporarily blocked Texas from enforcing its restrictive new abortion law on Wednesday, handing an early victory to the U.S. Justice Department in its lawsuit challenging the law.
Judge Robert Pitman of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas granted the department’s request for a preliminary injunction in a scathing order criticizing Texas for passing a law that violated U.S. Supreme Court precedent.
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Karla Torres (clockwise from front), Mary Bortscheller and Meghan Boone demonstrate in favor of abortion rights outside the U.S. Supreme Court on the day of arguments in the “Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt” case on March 2, 2016. (Photo: Diego M. Radzinschi/ALM)
