State District Court Judge Jessica Mangrum on Friday issued a temporary exemption to Texas’ abortion ban. Hours later, the attorney general’s office filed an appeal, which blocked the order.

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    1 year ago

    Jesus Christ, how evil can they get? Filing an appeal targetted specifically at medically necessary abortions is low even by Texas Republican standards.

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      So, the reason the judge made an exemption is because doctors were basically saying, “We have no idea how to provide care in these situations and not break the law”.

      The Republicans response is, again basically, “The doctors have no reason to be worried about being prosecuted so the exemption isn’t needed in the first place.”

      They could fix it in 5 minutes by passing a law specifically providing protections but they won’t because any reasonable law would allow at-will abortions too because, say it with me, ABORTIONS ARE MEDICAL CARE.

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      And I doubt the Texas Supreme Court will uphold the lower court’s opinion. Shitty that it automatically gets the opinion stayed too.