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LetMyPeopleVote

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Sat Jul 2, 2022, 11:52 AM Jul 2022

Texas can enforce 1925 abortion ban, state Supreme Court says

The Texas supreme court consists of 9 republicans including some real assholes



https://www.texastribune.org/2022/07/02/texas-abortion-1925-ban-supreme-court/

Texas can enforce its abortion ban from 1925, the state Supreme Court ruled late Friday evening, a decision that exposes abortion providers to lawsuits and financial penalties if they continue to perform the procedure.

The court overruled a district judge in Houston, who on Tuesday had temporarily blocked the state’s old abortion law from going into effect. That law made performing an abortion, by any method, punishable by two to 10 years in prison.

Friday’s decision does not permit prosecutors to bring criminal cases against abortion providers, but it exposes anyone who assists in the procurement of an abortion to fines and lawsuits.

The federal Supreme Court on June 24 overturned Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 case that asserted that access to abortion is protected under the constitution. The Texas Legislature last year passed a “trigger law” that would automatically ban abortion from the moment of fertilization 30 days after a judgment from the Supreme Court, which typically comes about a month after the initial opinion.

Abortion rights groups filed a lawsuit Monday in hopes of extending the period the procedure remains legal in Texas. They argued the 1925 ban was effectively repealed when the Supreme Court rendered its decision in Roe v. Wade, and thus cannot be enforced now.
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Texas can enforce 1925 abortion ban, state Supreme Court says (Original Post) LetMyPeopleVote Jul 2022 OP
Tonight we're gonna party like it's 1925.... Oh wait. onecaliberal Jul 2022 #1
1925 was not a good year to party LetMyPeopleVote Jul 2022 #3
I guess I should have included the sarcasm gif. I thought it was obvious. onecaliberal Jul 2022 #4
I knew that it was sarcasm but I just saw this tweet from Navarro after reading your response LetMyPeopleVote Jul 2022 #5
I can't do Twitter. onecaliberal Jul 2022 #6
Texas Supreme Court has ruled the state's total ban on abortion from 1925 can be civilly enforced. LetMyPeopleVote Jul 2022 #2

LetMyPeopleVote

(146,402 posts)
5. I knew that it was sarcasm but I just saw this tweet from Navarro after reading your response
Sat Jul 2, 2022, 03:29 PM
Jul 2022

It was amusing to see a tweet that so closely fit the theme of this thread.

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