Friend,
After four years of waiting in the courts, Texas WON our Dismemberment Abortion Ban case!
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit upheld the Texas Dismemberment Abortion Ban today, reversing previous court rulings that blocked the Pro-Life law.
In 2017, Pro-Life activists like you urged the Texas Legislature to protect preborn children from torturous dismemberment abortions, a method that kills preborn children by tearing them apart limb by limb. Shortly before the law took effect, the abortion industry sued. The policy has waited in the courts since then.
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If the abortion industry appeals today’s decision, the Supreme Court must answer the case’s dynamic legal question: “Is a dismemberment abortion inhumane enough to warrant legal prohibition?”
The obvious answer to this targeted question directly undermines some of the Supreme Court’s previous assertions in abortion cases, such as the misconception that abortions before a baby can survive outside the womb are more ethical than those that occur after.
Meanwhile, the Texas Heartbeat Act is slated to take effect September 1, 2021, protecting preborn children as early as six weeks, when the baby’s heartbeat is detectable by the most common methods. The Texas Heartbeat Act is unique in approach, allowing for citizens to hold abortionists accountable through private lawsuits. Abortionists sued a broad list of Texans in July in an attempt to stop the law from being enforced next month. A hearing is scheduled for August 30.
Texas must continue pushing for strong Pro-Life laws—both in the Legislature and through the courts—that directly challenge the faulty foundation upon which Roe v. Wade was decided.
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This is a critical moment in our nation's history. We must stand for LIFE!
-Texas Right to Life
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