News Analysis Following the Supreme Court’s 5-4 decision late Wednesday night to deny an emergency injunction against a Texas abortion bill, some abortion advocates are reigniting longtime liberal cries to add new justices to the Supreme Court. But there is far from a consensus on this front from prominent Democrats. Democratic officials quickly responded to…
Liberals Divided on Court Packing Following Texas Abortion Law Decision
Game Developer CEO Steps Down After Pro-Life Tweet on Texas Abortion Law
The CEO of an American video game developer stepped down after he issued a statement supportive of the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in favor of a law in Texas that bans abortions after detection of a fetal heartbeat. The company, Tripwire Interactive LLC, announced in a statement on Monday that John Gibson “has stepped down as…
Deep in the Hearts of Texas Babies
Commentary In the matter of a new Texas law banning abortions six weeks after gestation, when a fetal heartbeat can usually be detected by vaginal ultrasound, suppose the headlines had been different? Instead of words like “most restrictive in nation” (The Wall Street Journal) and “Supreme Court refuses to block Texas law” (The Washington Post),…
Texas Judge Hands Narrow Win to Planned Parenthood in Legal Battle Over New Abortion Law
A Texas judge on Friday ordered a pro-life group and people affiliated with it not to bring lawsuits against a trio of Planned Parenthood affiliates. The action relates to a new law that bans most abortions and went into effect on Sept. 1. People under the law can sue doctors who perform illegal abortions and…
Texas’s Anti-Abortion Strategy Invented by Leftists
As I write these words, Texas is virtually abortion free. No, Roe v Wade was not overturned. Nor has Texas padlocked Planned Parenthood’s clinics. Rather, abortionists have closed their doors for fear of being sued. Here’s the story. Most state anti-abortion laws prohibit the procedure under threat of criminal prosecution or other state enforcement mechanism….
Supreme Court Denies Bid To Block Texas Abortion Law
The Supreme Court on Wednesday denied a bid to stop Texas from banning abortions after a fetal heartbeat is detected, allowing one of the most restrictive abortion bans in the U.S. to remain in effect. Senate Bill 8, known as the Texas Heartbeat Act, was signed into law by Republican Gov. Greg Abbott in May. The law enables…
Texas Ban on Most Abortions Takes Effect After Supreme Court Doesn’t Intervene
A Texas law that bans most abortions took effect on Sept. 1 after the Supreme Court did not respond to an emergency motion that asked it to block the law. Senate Bill 8 bars doctors from performing abortions unless he or she has tried detecting a fetal heartbeat. Only if a heartbeat is not detected…
Judge Blocks Part of Texas Law Banning Most Abortions
A Texas judge on Tuesday blocked part of a Texas law banning most abortions that’s set to take effect on Sept. 1. Travis County District Judge Amy Clark Meachum issued a temporary restraining order against a pro-life group called Texas Right to Life and John Seago, who works for the group. The order blocks the…
Texas Law Banning Abortions After Heartbeat Detection Set to Go Into Effect
A Texas law that would ban approximately nine out of 10 abortions is set to take effect this week after a court rejected attempts to block the measure and canceled a hearing. A hearing that was going to take place on Monday that would have seen judges consider whether to grant a preliminary injunction against…
Modern Medicine and Human Dignity
Commentary Is modern medicine stripping us of our humanity? Without its amazing technical advances some of us would not be alive to discuss the question. But in its materialist, spiritually impoverished understanding of the human being, as ethicist Charles Camosy puts it in his new book, “Losing Our Dignity,” medicine is at risk of reducing…
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