Wendy Davis Loses Bid to Overturn Texas Abortion Ban
February 18, 2023 | Texas
A federal judge just dismissed a lawsuit filed by Wendy Davis, an abortion activist and former Texas state senator, attempting to overturn the Texas heartbeat law.
The pro-life law bans abortions once an unborn baby’s heartbeat is detectable, about six weeks of pregnancy, and allows private individuals to sue abortionists and others who aid and abet abortions in violation of the law. Pro-life leaders say thousands of unborn babies have been spared from abortions since the law went into effect in 2021.
On Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman said Davis failed to show how the law imposed a “credible, imminent threat” on herself and other pro-abortion groups, the Texas Tribune reports.
“In short, Plaintiffs have not sufficiently distinguished these threats and the sworn statements disavowing them to show an injury,” Pitman wrote.
Davis’s lawsuit argued that the heartbeat law is “blatantly unconstitutional” and has been a “nightmare” because it prohibits abortion funds from “aiding and abetting” in abortions…. (Excerpt from LIFENEWS.COM)
