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Texas abortion providers secured a victory today when U.S. Federal Judge Lee Yeakel struck down the state’s latest abortion ban, saying it unconstitutionally poses an “undue burden” on women.
Added to package bill Senate Bill 8 during this year’s legislative session, the ban on dilation and evacuation abortion (D&E) effectively bars the safest and most common type of procedure at the second trimester, as alternative procedures involving fetal demise are riskier, more expensive, and could cause health complications.
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Yeakel largely agreed with plaintiffs, writing in his ruling that the law would force women seeking second-trimester abortion at 15 weeks to undergo “medically unnecessary and invasive” procedures with additional risks of complications, which “substantially burdens” their right to choose abortion care. Medical testimony given at trial convinced Yeakel that fetal demise as an alternative to D&E offers “no additional medical benefit” to a woman. Even if the law alone does not create an undue burden, writes the judge, its interaction with other Texas laws (like the 24-hour pre-abortion sonogram requirement) will push women seeking abortion "above the undue threshold."
https://www.austinchronicle.com/daily/news/2017-11-22/judge-strikes-down-texas-abortion-ban/
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And here we go again. Another law struck down as unconstitutional. One of these days, perhaps taxpayer dollars will not be wasted on enacting laws that politicians know will be struck down.
Added to package bill Senate Bill 8 during this year’s legislative session, the ban on dilation and evacuation abortion (D&E) effectively bars the safest and most common type of procedure at the second trimester, as alternative procedures involving fetal demise are riskier, more expensive, and could cause health complications.
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Yeakel largely agreed with plaintiffs, writing in his ruling that the law would force women seeking second-trimester abortion at 15 weeks to undergo “medically unnecessary and invasive” procedures with additional risks of complications, which “substantially burdens” their right to choose abortion care. Medical testimony given at trial convinced Yeakel that fetal demise as an alternative to D&E offers “no additional medical benefit” to a woman. Even if the law alone does not create an undue burden, writes the judge, its interaction with other Texas laws (like the 24-hour pre-abortion sonogram requirement) will push women seeking abortion "above the undue threshold."
https://www.austinchronicle.com/daily/news/2017-11-22/judge-strikes-down-texas-abortion-ban/
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And here we go again. Another law struck down as unconstitutional. One of these days, perhaps taxpayer dollars will not be wasted on enacting laws that politicians know will be struck down.
