AUSTIN, TEXAS — Good news in Austin this week as a Texas judge has overturned a ban on “dilation and evacuation” abortions ruling the previously declared law on such abortions unconstitutional. Judge Lee reportedly ruled that the ban (stemming from Texas’s ruling over the summer on second trimester abortions) is “facially unconstitutional” and results in doctors going against their best medical judgement.
“The court is unaware of any other medical context that requires a doctor—in contravention of the doctor’s medical judgment and the best interest of the patient—to conduct a medical procedure that delivers no benefit to the woman.” Judge Yeakel wrote in his final decision on the matter.
An hour after the ruling, the Texas AG’s office announced that they would be filing an immediate appeal.
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