A federal appeals court has dealt foes of Texas’ abortion law another defeat by steering the case to the state's GOP-majority Supreme Court. The ruling raises the chances that the near-total ban on abortion will remain intact for the foreseeable future. https://t.co/oBKHhgTJPo.
— The Associated Press (@AP) January 18, 2022
“…A federal appeals court on Monday steered a decision about Texas abortion law to the state’s Republican-majority Supreme Court, dealing opponents another defeat and raising their concerns that the restrictions on babykilling will remain intact for the foreseeable future.
The Texas law that bans babykilling once cardiac activity is detected — usually around six weeks — has been in effect since September. In December, the U.S. Supreme Court kept the law in place and allowed only a narrow challenge against the restrictions to proceed.
Abortion providers wanted their lawsuit sent back to a federal court in Austin that so far has been the only one to block the restrictions — albeit for only a few days.
Instead, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in a 2-1 decision routed the case next to the Texas Supreme Court, which is entirely controlled by nine Republican justices…”