“Texas must not become a sanctuary state for abortions,” says state Attorney General By Dave Andrusko Federal District Judge Laurel Beeler U.S. Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler Wednesday dismissed a request by the ACLU for a temporary restraining order to force HHS to either transport an undocumented pregnant 17-year-old teen to an abortion clinic or allow … Read more
By Dave Andrusko Missouri State Sen. Bob Onder On Tuesday Planned Parenthood, in conjunction with the ACLU, filed the latest in a string of lawsuits, this time a challenge to a component of SB 5, an omnibus pro-life measure passed during the special session called last summer by Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens. Filed in Jackson … Read more
By Dave Andrusko My apologies for not getting to these two stories from Missouri yesterday. The focus Tuesday was on the welcomed House passage of the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act on a vote of 237-189. Meanwhile over the past two days pro-abortionists won a pair of preliminary victories in ongoing fights. First, in an … Read more
By Dave Andrusko In a single sentence, Friday, the full 8th Circuit Court of Appeals placed a temporary stay on an order requiring the state of Missouri to issue licenses to additional abortion clinics. “I applaud the Eighth Circuit’s decision,” said Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley, who has led the fight against Planned Parenthood’s original … Read more
By Dave Andrusko Late Thursday, as anticipated, US. District Court Lee Yeakel of the Western District of Texas issued a temporary restraining order blocking Texas’ Dismemberment Abortion Ban while the full lawsuit brought by the abortion industry against the State of Texas moves forward. The immediate effect is to block implementation of Senate Bill 8 … Read more
By Dave Andrusko Judge Lee Yeakel U.S. District Court Judge Lee Yeakel of the Western District of Texas heard a challenge today from abortion providers represented by the Center for Reproductive Rights who argued that the state’s ban on dismemberment abortions be put on hold until a full hearing can occur. The Dismemberment Abortion Ban … Read more
By Dave Andrusko In 2014, Tennessee voters added “Amendment 1” to the state Constitution. The key wording was in the beginning: “Nothing in this Constitution secures or protects a right to abortion or requires the funding of an abortion.” Eight voters, including a board chair of Planned Parenthood of Middle and East Tennessee, challenged the … Read more
By Dave Andrusko U.S. District Judge Kristine Baker A very busy Friday with decidedly mixed results for pro-life forces in Arkansas. On the plus side, the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals vacated a preliminary injunction issued in 2015 by activist Federal Judge Kristin Baker that prevented Arkansas from enforcing its law requiring abortion clinics … Read more
By Kathy Ostrowski, Legislative Director, Kansans for Life Kansas Supreme Court Justice Caleb Stegall “Kansas’ highest court appeared receptive Thursday to declaring for the first time that the state constitution recognizes abortion rights,” wrote the Associated Press’s John Hanna. Indeed, the questions from the majority of Kansas Supreme Court Justices hearing oral arguments in the … Read more
By Dave Andrusko When last we wrote about Alaska’s parental notification law, Planned Parenthood of the Greater Northwest had just appealed Anchorage Superior Court Judge John Suddock’s 65-page decision that upheld the constitutionality of most of the law. Unfortunately, the Alaska Supreme Court today gutted the law approved by 55% of the voters in 2010. … Read more