Texas Abortion Law Back In Effect As Appeals Court Blocks Injunction.

[elleng]

Source: forbes

Texas’ near-total ban on abortion has been at least temporarily reinstated after a conservative appeals court ruled in favor of the state Friday, blocking a lower court ruling that barred the state from enforcing the law while litigation over its legality plays out.

Read more: https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2021/10/08/texas-abortion-law-back-in-effect-for-now-appeals-court-reverses-earlier-ruling/?

[Ocelot II]

1. *sigh* Of course it did. No surprise...

The 5th Circuit is positively medieval.

[FBaggins]

8. Almost any court would do the same

It's just temporary until the DOJ can respond to the motion for a stay. That's expected Tuesday. If anything, it was odd that Pittman didn't temporarily stay his ruling for the few days that it would take for an emergency appeal.

Now... we are talking about the 5th circuit, so it wouldn't be a surprise for the eventual ruling to go the same way.

[Eliot Rosewater]

2. Direct result of trashing Hillary...judges JUDGES JUDGES JUDGES

[oasis]

6. Exactly. They know who they are.

[Demsrule86]

15. Yes they do.

[sakabatou]

3. Ugh!

[BigmanPigman]

4. Women's lives are not yo-yos that

you can lift up, only to be let down again. This is beyond ridiculous!!!!!!!!!

[maxsolomon]

5. The Courts will not save us.

McConnell did a very thorough job of installing Ideologues at all levels of the Federal Judiciary.

[BidenRocks]

7. Dear Texas women

Just say no to sex! No mas!
Let the Texas men fuck themselves and you will see the laws change!
Women are armed and rape is illegal.
Let's watch the show!
No means NO!

[FBaggins]

9. Never figured out how that made sense to anyone

If a progressive pro-choice woman is in a relationship with a progressive pro-choice man... what good does it do to "say no to sex"? And if it's a conservative woman with either a liberal man or a conservative man... why would she listen to this call?

It only makes sense if we imagine a liberal woman who is sleeping with an anti-choice man...

... and what sense did that make in the first place?

[eggplant]

17. Because the only time an unwanted pregnancy occurs is during the rape of an unarmed woman.

ugh.

[halfulglas]

10. They just don't care about women at all, but especially poor women.

They certainly don't want you to have a choice in the matter, no matter what your religion or personal beliefs teach. Can they even think how much longer it takes to even find out you're unexpectedly pregnant. First if you work 2 jobs or are working and caring for other children and your house, you might not even be aware you're late. Then you think you're late because of the stress and how rushed you are. You often don't have home pregnancy detection kits at home because they cost money and you didn't think you needed to spend it.

When I was unexpectedly pregnant we were deep in debt and didn't know how we would manage. I had my child but I had wanted a second child, just not at that time, but I would not begrudge anyone for making their own choice for whatever reason. I remember the panic I felt. The fact that many societies and religions believe life begins at first breath, not conception, does not phase the authoritarians to whom no other opinion matters but their own, and especially the cynical, amoral politicians who really don't care one way or the other - they just want to fulfill the demands of their constituents so they will continue to vote for them.

[PSPS]

11. As my late dad said, "They don't want to control abortion. They just want to control."

[mahatmakanejeeves]

12. Abortion care is a 'calling' for this Texas doctor. Now he faces a dilemma: Risk lawsuits, or quit.

EDITOR’S PICKS

The Lily

Abortion care is a ‘calling’ for this Texas doctor. Now he faces a dilemma: Risk lawsuits, or quit.

Joe Nelson is weighing his options as courts weigh in on the nation’s strictest abortion ban

Caroline Kitchener
October 8, 2021

This story has been updated.

AUSTIN — Joe Nelson arrived at the abortion clinic at 8:30 a.m. on Sept. 8. The doctor made himself a cup of coffee, chatted with the receptionist, then settled into a desk cluttered with paperwork and maxi pads. He answered some emails. Then he opened his book on Zen Buddhism and read.

He did not see a patient for almost two hours.

Before Sept. 1, when Texas banned almost all abortions, Nelson rarely sat down. The only full-time doctor at Whole Woman’s Health in Austin, he hustled from room to room. For lunch, he would scarf down a protein bar.

Nelson used to perform up to 30 abortions a day; since the ban took effect, he might do two or three. That didn’t change when a federal judge issued an injunction on Oct. 6, temporarily blocking the law, which bans abortions once early cardiac activity can be detected, around six weeks gestation, before most people know they’re pregnant. Like many other doctors in Texas, Nelson decided to continue complying with the ban until other courts weighed in. On Oct. 8, the conservative-leaning U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals lifted the injunction. Abortion after six weeks is, once again, illegal.

[ Despite latest court ruling blocking Texas abortion law, most providers are still reluctant to defy ban]

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Caroline Kitchener
Caroline Kitchener is a staff reporter at The Lily. Prior to joining The Washington Post in 2019, she was an associate editor at The Atlantic. She is the author of "Post Grad: Five Women and Their First Year Out of College."

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[Lonestarblue]

13. The Biden administration meeds to work on our federal courts.

Justices have been saying for years that they are understaffed. Plus, population shifts to southern states have meant that those districts are handling more cases while others may be handling fewer. With reorganization and expansion of justices, Biden can add progressive justices that will help balance the right-wing Neanderthals on the 5th circuit. It’s been well over 180 days for the group studying the courts. When will we hear from them? I know I’m impatient for things to get done, but we have only until January 2023, after which nothing will get done if Republicans retake the House and they are already gerrymandering like crazy to ensure that happens.

[GB_RN]

14. I Really, Really Hate These People

Bunch of damned barbarians.

[Alexander Of Assyria]

16. Ha ha. Now SCOTUS has to face the issue they avoided...is vigilante justice ok, if legislated?

They avoided it once, what machinations and twisted logic needed to avoid the issue yet again?

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

18. Do they allow counterclaims in Texas courts?

When I practiced law in South Carolina and one of my clients got sued, I always filed a counterclaim against the plaintiff. In South Carolina pleadings, counterclaims don't even have to be related to the initial action, so suddenly the plaintiff and his attorney -- who thought they were looking at easy pickings -- had something at risk. It changed the entire dynamics of the relationship, as far as settling the case went.

So go ahead, people and their lawyers who are counting on a quick payday. Let's see how you feel when you realize you might lose everything. Throw me into that briar patch.

[walpurgis]

19. what goes around comes around

Mark my words. This unfair law will come back to bite them in the ass. "They know not what they do". I hate republicans they don't help us or care one fuck. What has a republican done for you lately,not a goddam thing. fuck them all--pigs