Supreme Court won’t block Texas abortion restrictions

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Source: Dallas Morning News

"WASHINGTON — A divided U.S. Supreme Court refused Tuesday to block new Texas restrictions on abortion clinics.

Planned Parenthood and other groups turned to the high court two weeks ago after losing at the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

On Oct. 28, U.S District Judge Lee Yeakel issued an injunction, blocking implementation of the law, which requires abortion providers in Texas to have admitting privileges at a local hospital. Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott appealed to the 5th Circuit, which lifted the injunction on Oct. 31. That court will hear the case in January.

In the meantime, more than a dozen clinics across the state have halted abortion services. The procedure is no longer available in about one-third of the state.

Abortion providers turned to the U.S. Supreme Court, hoping to have the 5th Circuit ruling overturned.

Justices supporting the ruling wrote here. They argued that those see

“Reasonable minds can perhaps disagree about whether the Court of Appeals should have granted a stay in this case,” they wrote, but those seeking to block the Texas law pending trial fell far short of the required legal standards for the high court to step in. “It would flout core principles of federalism by mandating postponement of a state law without asserting that the law is even probably unconstitutional.“

Four liberal justices dissented. Justice Stephen Breyer wrote: “Although the injunction will ultimately be reinstated if the law is indeed invalid, the harms to the individual women whose rights it restricts while it remains in effect will be permanent.”

Abortion rights advocates were deeply disappointed."

Read more: http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/2013/11/supreme-court-wont-block-texas-abortion-restrictions.html/

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1. Have They Ever Documented The Non Choice Decisions?

I shudder to think how many of these are born into extreme poverty or perhaps a dangerous situation with a menacing husband/boyfriend. Will these babies have enough food? Is the mother so young that she has little interest in raising another since she's raising hell herself. What about those who fear a certain medical condition for herself or something the baby could inherit?
These dictators of female reproduction never even think beyond what THEY want. Be it something in the name of their religion or just to be able to dominate the female species the main thing is their job is done once the baby is born. That is also when they lose all interest in the future of that new born.

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3. because...

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2. Whenever you read "core principles of federalism" in a SC ruling

you can bet that it was written by Fat Tony.

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4. This is why we MUST have a Dem President appointing Justices.

Nothing less than women's liberty is at stake.

The 5 fascists on SCOTUS see no problem with forced pregnancy. That alone should disqualify them from the Court. But in a Republican administration, it is a job requirement.

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6. Yeah, it's pretty much what keeps me from voting 3rd party. nt

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5. three moderate and one liberal justices dissented. nt

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7. Scalia Concurring Opinion and the Dissent.

http://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/111913zr_6i79.pdf

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8. Thanks for posting this, haven't seen it anywhere else. (nt)