WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday let stand a decision barring emergency abortions that violate the law in Texas, which has one of the country’s strictest abortion bans.
Without detailing their reasoning, the justices kept in place a lower court order that said hospitals cannot be required to provide pregnancy terminations that would violate Texas law.
The Biden administration had asked the justices to throw out the lower court order, arguing that hospitals have to perform abortions in emergency situations under federal law. The administration pointed to the Supreme Court’s action in a similar case from Idaho earlier this year in which the justices narrowly allowed emergency abortions to resume while a lawsuit continues.
The administration also cited a Texas Supreme Court ruling that said doctors do not have to wait until a woman’s life is in immediate danger to provide an abortion legally. The administration said it brings Texas in line with federal law and means the lower court ruling is not necessary.
Without detailing their reasoning
As if we don’t already know.
Without detailing their pre-employment of Project 2025 tenets…
I need more coffee, it took me a moment to figure out what that headline actually meant.
They’re allowing (lets stand) not allowing (barring) something that goes against (violate) the thing that’s not allowed (ban)
Basically the supreme Court is allowing Texas to ban abortions. This ruling barrs, prevents, an exception to that ban.
Like I said, I understand the headline. My point is it’s poorly worded.
Yeah, the title could have easily just been: “Supreme Court upholds ban on emergency abortions in Texas” and it would be way clearer
I see a writing career in your future
Me too - that was poorly worded.
Barbarism.
That’s what it is. Simple barbarism.
The Supreme Court is currently illegitimate
So we need to create a new underground rail road for women. Let’s get women and families out of these areas. Red states don’t deserve them. Kindness always wins
Texas actually made it punishable to help a woman leave the state to get an abortion.
Well, that’s why this would be an underground railroad. If it was legal there wouldn’t be any need to hide it.
Multiple normal states have already passed laws that protect women from any persecution for laws restricting their bodily freedoms. Mine included. And Ya they can try to take the women back but theres no way to tell why a woman left. It’s way easier to move a willing person over someone who is surrounded by a supportive community. I’d imagine this organization would help LGBTQ+ people escape as well.
Man history really repeats itself. Civil war 2.0 is on the horizon if the pattern keeps up
So be good at it.
Taking a moment to shout out Elevated Access. Its a charity full of private pilots and support staff who started gathering in response after RvW was repealed, in an effort to provide women with free flights from red states to blue states. I donated a hefty amount (for me) after we sold our house.
Now theyve expanded their services to trans people seeking care as well!
Love them, sad that they have to exist, but organizations like them give me hope for the future. It reminds me that no matter how bad things get, people will keep fighting.
So, now they can just make arbitrary decisions without explaining themselves? So much for our democracy.
They always could. And they’re not elected, so it’s nothing to do with democracy.
But they only issue opinions, they’ve never tried to enforce anything. Andrew Jackson famously ignored their decision in 1832, and nothing happened.
It’s really just another aspect of our society being built on trust and respect. And that trust and respect has been exploited and eroded in the past few decades.
Remember, government only exists by the consent of the governed.
Andrew Jackson famously ignored their decision in 1832, and nothing happened.
Even genocidal asshole racist clocks are right twice a day, or something.
I look forward to stacking the court.
The good thing about climate change is it gives no fucks about their feelings, and their little Christian Caliphate won’t survive long.
