Supreme Court trounces Texas rights in abortion bill battle

The controversial anti-abortion law passed by Texas in 2013 that had shut down numerous unsafe and unsanitary abortion clinics is now being halted by order of the Supreme Court.

LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) - The 6-3 order means that many abortion clinics that were shut down as a result of the law may now reopen immediately.

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The law has been controversial since it was signed by Governor Rick Perry in July of 2013. Pro-abortion activists had immediately fought against it, but the Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals gave the go ahead on the law in a ruling on October 2.

The Texas law requires that all abortion clinics in the state must meet the same standards as other hospitals or medical facilities that perform surgeries. Also, doctors who perform the abortions must obtain admitting privileges at a nearby hospital.

The law caused 13 abortion clinics to immediately close, and only eight remained open in the state.

The Supreme Court's decision is only temporary, and will require more appeals to be filed on whether the anti-abortion law is constitutional, a process which may take several months.

Pro-abortion groups have been incredibly pleased with the Supreme Court's intervention.

"The U.S. Supreme Court gave Texas women a tremendous victory today," said Nancy Northup, the president of the Center for Reproductive Rights. "This fight against Texas' sham abortion law is not over. HB2 was designed to gut the constitutional protections of Roe v. Wade and half of the state's clinics remain closed. "

The state attorney general's office, which has defended the law since it was created and passed said that the law was passed after "careful deliberation by the Texas Legislature to craft a law to protect the health and safety of Texas women."

The law is a common sense law. It ensures women have access to emergency medical options given the inherently dangerous and invasive nature of abortion. Slightly over half of the people who enter an abortion clinic do not leave alive.

The problem with the pro-abortion lobby is that their goal is simply to promote abortion and the subjugation of women as sexual objects. However, true womanhood is expressed through openess to God's creative power and when so blessed, through the gift of motherhood. No sane, loving mother would ever claim to be oppressed by their child, instead they feel completed by their children when they have them. There's a Godly reason for this that stands apart from the militant rhetoric and lies of the Culture of Death.

State officials have not officially commented on the Supreme Court order. Justices Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito opposed the one-page order.

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