Texas Supreme Court Rules Abortion Ban Can Stay in Place, Keep Saving Babies From Abortions
March 12, 2022 | Texas
The Texas Supreme Court unanimously ruled today that Texas can continue being the first state in America since 1973 to ban abortions.
For nearly six months, the law has banned most abortions in the state, saving thousands of unborn babies’ lives. Pro-abortion groups are challenging the law in multiple ways, but their most prominent lawsuit right now involves the unique private enforcement mechanism in the law.
The law bans abortions once an unborn baby’s heartbeat is detectable, about six weeks of pregnancy, but, unlike most pro-life laws, it leaves the enforcement up to private citizens, rather than state officials. Typically, when pro-abortion groups challenge pro-life laws, judges block the state from enforcing them.
With a ruling against Texas abortion businesses today, the state’s highest court effectively ruled that the heartbeat law can stay in place that bans abortions when babies have a detectable heartbeat at 6 weeks and allows private lawsuits against abortion practitioners and abortion businesses that break the law.
The Texas Supreme Court, in its ruling today, determined that state-agency executives cannot enforce Act…. (Excerpt from LIFENEWS.COM)
