{"id":20147,"date":"2021-10-07T02:12:51","date_gmt":"2021-10-07T06:12:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=20147"},"modified":"2021-10-07T02:12:51","modified_gmt":"2021-10-07T06:12:51","slug":"texas-abortion-judge-temporarily-blocks-enforcement-of-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2021\/10\/07\/texas-abortion-judge-temporarily-blocks-enforcement-of-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas abortion: Judge temporarily blocks enforcement of law"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A federal judge has temporarily blocked a controversial new law in Texas that effectively bans women from having an abortion in the state.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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US District Judge Robert Pitman granted a request by the Biden administration to prevent any enforcement of the law while its legality is being challenged.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The law was put forward and approved by Republican lawmakers in Texas.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The White House called the judge’s ruling “an important step” to restoring Texas women’s constitutional rights.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Judge Pitman, of Austin, wrote in an 113-page opinion that, from the moment the law came into effect on 1 September, “women have been unlawfully prevented from exercising control over their lives in ways that are protected by the Constitution”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“That other courts may find a way to avoid this conclusion is theirs to decide; this Court will not sanction one more day of this offensive deprivation of such an important right.”<\/p>\n

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This is the first legal setback for Texas since the law was implemented, and state officials are expected to appeal Judge Pitman’s ruling.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The Biden administration took legal action after the conservative-majority Supreme Court declined to prevent Texas from enacting the law. The justice department filed an emergency motion to block enforcement of the law while it pursues legal action.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Democrat President Joe Biden has described the law as an “unprecedented assault” on women’s rights, but Texas Governor Greg Abbott has defended it, saying: “The most precious freedom is life itself.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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