US Appeals Court Upholds Tough New Texas Abortion Restrictions

[Hissyspit]

Source: Associated Press

@AP: BREAKING: US appeals court upholds tough new Texas abortion restrictions.

@AP: MORE: Lawyers for Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers had argued the regulations did not protect women. http://t.co/qDNHJanC9a

US APPEALS COURT UPHOLDS NEW TEXAS ABORTION RULES
Mar. 27, 2014 5:07 PM EDT

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A federal appeals court has upheld new abortion restrictions that shuttered many of the abortions clinics in Texas.

A panel of judges on the New Orleans-based U.S. 5th Circuit issued the ruling Thursday, overturning a lower court's decision that the rules violated the U.S. Constitution and served no medical purpose.

Texas lawmakers last year passed some of the toughest restrictions in the U.S. on when, where and how women may obtain an abortion. The Republican-controlled Legislature required abortion doctors to have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital and placed strict limits on doctors prescribing abortion-inducing pills.

In its opinion, the appeals court said the law "on its face does not impose an undue burden on the life and health of a woman."

Read more: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/us-appeals-court-upholds-new-texas-abortion-rules

[sakabatou]

1. Upholding the restrictions?

Great...

[Dustlawyer]

2. They cannot see past the transparent intent behind the law? Of course they can, it's just

they are corn cobb up the ass Republicans!

[malthaussen]

3. Well, it would have been appealed anyway.

Dog only knows how the USSC will rule.

-- Mal

[Iliyah]

4. welcome to the turn of the 20th century

coat hangers, unqualified abortionist, un-wanted pregnancies equate to more un-wanted children, starving families equate to hungry kids (I'm pretty sure Texas will reduce SNAP). Instead of moving forward, red states have gone backwards. My GOD disapproves.

[jwirr]

5. GOTV

[Kelvin Mace]

6. Was that the full court

that so ruled?

[former9thward]

8. It was a panel of three women.

Edith Jones, Jennifer Elrod and Catharina Haynes.

[Kelvin Mace]

10. Not a good sign

I fear this one will go to the SCOTUS and we will lose. The Scalia 5 have been itching to get abortion back before the court so they can strike it down.

Abortion rights are doomed.

[TexasTowelie]

7. From BOR:

The orange area shows where it is already difficult to access abortion in Texas. And this map doesn't even reflect the most recent clinic closures.

http://www.burntorangereport.com/diary/15015/federal-court-upholds-admitting-privileges-in-hb2-creating-dire-barriers-for-poor-and-rural-women

[blkmusclmachine]

9. GOP to America: We're gonna take you back to the 1800's, one way or another.

(And the DEMS beg the GOP, with hat in hand, "Can we COMPROMISE??? How 'bout we let you take America back, alright, but only to the 1900's!!! OK??? Pretty please??? With sugar on top?!?!&quot