Texas law SB-8 effectively makes all abortions illegal after six weeks, usually when a fetal heartbeat can be detected. With this law, the state’s legislature and governor effectively stepped on the 1st Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. Since the law took effect on Sept. 1, 2021, several legal maneuvers have been brought forth. Abortion clinics […]
U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman of Austin granted a temporary injunction against Texas’ recent law that virtually bans abortion. Beginning Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2021, the state is ordered to halt the enforcement of Senate Bill 8 (SB8), which essentially prohibits abortions once the “fetal heartbeat” is detectable, about six weeks into a pregnancy. In his […]
The United States Supreme Court in Mississippi has decided it will review the state’s abortion law. The Supreme Court agreed on May 17, 2021, to take up the State’s controversial law that bans most abortions after 15 weeks. This will potentially rekindle a major challenge to Roe vs. Wade. On Jan. 22, 1973, the U.S. […]
