Pro-Life Movement Gets Big Win
Texas Supreme Court Rules Against Abortion Providers


By ProTrumpNews Staff
Published March 12, 2022 at 12:20pm
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Texas struck a major victory for the unborn when the “Heartbeat Bill” was signed into law.

The law outlawed all abortions after fetal cardiac activity is detected – unless there is a
medical emergency involving the mother.

Abortions in Texas plummeted after the signing.


The Gateway Pundit reported:

Abortions in Texas have plummeted nearly 60 percent in January,
just months after the state’s institution of the heartbeat law banning
abortions after 6 weeks.

The heartbeat law, Senate Bill 8 which went into effect in Texas on
Sept. 1, all abortions after fetal cardiac activity is detected are outlawed.
Private individuals can sue clinics, doctors or anyone who allegedly
performs abortions on women after the sixth week of pregnancy when
embryonic cardiac activity begins and collect a $10,000 reward if they
bring a successful lawsuit against the abortion practitioner.
The law does not exempt pregnancies resulting from rape or incest.




Legal challenges to the bill followed.

Now, the Texas Supreme Court has ruled against abortion providers — effectively
ending challenges to the abortion bill.


Epoch Times reported:

The Texas Supreme Court ruled on March 11 that state officials do not have
the authority to enforce the state’s six-week abortion ban, which effectively
ends the abortion clinics’ federal legal challenge to the law.

The Texas Heartbeat Act, also known as Senate Bill 8 (SB 8), bans abortions
after a heartbeat is detected—usually around six weeks after conception—unless
a medical emergency exists. It has no exception for pregnancies due to incest or rape.

The law has a unique enforcement mechanism such that state officials have no
role in enforcing it, but private citizens can file lawsuits against anyone who
allegedly “aids and abets” in an abortion that violates the law. The exception is
for individuals who caused the pregnancy through incest or rape, who cannot file
such lawsuits. Because no state officials are involved in enforcing the law,
abortion providers have found it difficult to bring legal challenges against
particular individuals.

Texas’s high court has nine justices, all of whom are Republicans.
It ruled on March 11 that state medical licensing officials have no
authority to enforce the law.




Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton responded to the development calling it a “major victory.”





The Texas Right to Life group also celebrated the victory:




Huge win!