Late Friday night, the Texas Supreme Court allowed the 1925 law banning abortion to come into effect, overturning the lower court’s ruling that temporarily blocked abortion.
This decision was the latest in a series of court battles nationwide following the Supreme Court’s decision on June 24, which overturned the Roe v. Wade case. Wade, a half-century-old decision that established a national constitutional right to abortion.
In Texas, the 1925 law, which was written before banning abortions and imprisoning those who had abortions, was automatically enforced, said state Attorney General Ken Paxton. It wasn’t enforced after the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court ruling in 1973, but it still remained in the book.
The ban was temporarily blocked by a Harris County judge after the abortion clinic appealed for a stay, and claimed to have been virtually abolished after the groundbreaking Roe ruling.
On Saturday morning, Mr. Paxton called the cancellation of his stay a “victory of professional life.”upon twitter..
“The pre-Roe v. Wade state law prohibiting abortion in Texas is 100% good. The proceedings continue, but I will continue to win for the Texas fetus,” he said.
The Supreme Court’s decision on Friday partially dismissed the lower district court’s decision. Both sides will continue to discuss their proceedings, including the old law, on July 12 in front of the district court. The American Civil Liberties Union said in a news release that lifting the freeze did not allow criminal execution. This group represents an abortion clinic in a court battle.
“Extremist politicians are in the Crusades, forcing the Texans into pregnancy and childbirth against their will, no matter how devastating they may be,” said Julia Julia, a lawyer for the ACLU Reproductive Freedom Project. Kay said.
Even before Roe’s overthrow, a law passed in Texas last year allowed abortions only up to about six weeks of pregnancy. And when Rho’s decision was overturned, a “trigger ban” was invoked to ban all abortions in Texas from the moment of fertilization, with rare exceptions involving saving the life of the mother. The law will come into effect at the end of July.
Texas is one of several states where abortion rights groups immediately brought campaigns to court with the aim of preventing or delaying the enforcement of abortion restrictions and bans. By Friday, they were successful in Utah, Kentucky, Louisiana, and Florida.