And now a word from authoritarians and woman's right to privacy..................
Federal court says it's OK for Texas to use coronavirus to ban abortions
By Lisa Needham -April 10, 2020 3:30 PM
Texas is trying to force people who need abortions to wait — but it also bans abortions later in pregnancy.
Texas, which already severely restricts access to abortion, has joined several other states in using coronavirus pandemic as a way to ban abortions outright — and the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals is letting Texas get away with it.
It's the latest attempt by anti-abortion legislators who have worked tirelessly to make abortions hard to obtain, since long before the coronavirus pandemic.
In late March, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott told health care facilities in Texas not to perform procedures that aren't "medically necessary," and the state's attorney general, Republican Ken Paxton, said that meant abortions cannot be performed unless a person's life is in danger.
Courts have blocked these attempts, including a lower court in Texas. But on Tuesday, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of Texas, using a procedure the court itself said was "drastic and extraordinary."
https://americanindependent.com/texas-coronavirus-abortions-ban-ruling-federal-court-fifth-circuit-appeals-covid-19/
and that state executes prisoners who could be innocent...................
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