Fri Aug 20, 2021 – 6:51 pm EDT
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NEW ORLEANS (LifeSiteNews) — In a major victory for the Texas pro-life movement, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit reversed a lower court decision and upheld the Texas pro-life law that prohibits dismemberment abortions.
“Whole Woman’s Health,” a pro-abortion foundation whose stated goal is to “provide fabulous abortion care,” initially won its appeal last year that blocked the enforcement of Texas anti-dismemberment law “SB 8.” On Wednesday, a federal court reversed that decision, handing a victory to the pro-life cause.
The Texas law, referred to by the courts as “SB 8,” prohibits abortions via “corporal dismemberment,” which is a “medical procedure” that uses forceps to tear the baby’s body apart and results in the end of the child’s life “by bleeding to death.”
As reported by ABC News, “A three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals blocked enforcement of the law last year. But Texas was granted a re-hearing by the full court, and a majority of the 14 appellate judges who heard arguments in January (three of the court’s 17 active judges were recused) sided with Texas on Wednesday.”
Judge James Dennis, who wrote a dissent regarding the court’s decision, said “under the guise of regulation, [this law]
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