By Dave Andrusko At last a date is set! The Supreme Court has established December 1st as the time at which the justices will hear oral argument in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health–Mississippi law banning abortion at 15 weeks). This is not to be confused with Texas Heartbeat law which is currently being challenged by …
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By Dave Andrusko The lone abortion clinic in Mississippi filed a brief with the Supreme Court Monday, telling the justices “Unless the court is to be perceived as representing nothing more than the preferences of its current membership, it is critical that judicial protection hold firm absent the most dramatic and unexpected changes in law …
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By Dave Andrusko Take my word for it, the dust from the Supreme Court’s decision this week to deny the request of pro-abortion litigants for injunctive relief to block enforcement of the Texas Heartbeat Act will not settle for months and months to come. That, of course, does not stop anyone—especially pro-abortionists—from predicting electoral calamity …
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WASHINGTON – On Wednesday, shortly before midnight, in a 5-4 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court allowed the Texas law, SB8, to go into effect. The Texas law is designed to protect unborn children whose hearts have begun to beat. “Hopefully, this law will begin saving the lives of tens of thousands of Texas babies, and …
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By Dave Andrusko Almost exactly 24 hours after the Supreme Court allowed Texas’s Senate Bill 8 to go into effect, five justices issued a one-paragraph statement just before midnight denying the request of pro-abortion litigants for injunctive relief to block enforcement of the Texas Heartbeat Act. Senate Bill 8 prohibits elective abortions after the preborn …
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By Dave Andrusko Here’s an update to Monday’s story, “5th Circuit rejects pro-abortion challenges, Texas heartbeat law scheduled to go into effect Wednesday.” A coalition of pro-abortion legal organizations, Planned Parenthood, and other abortion providers won a temporary victory last week when a federal trial judge rejected a motion by the state of Texas to …
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By Dave Andrusko Three articles appeared over the last two days, focusing on or using as a springboard the upcoming oral arguments before the Supreme Court in which Mississippi will defend its Gestational Age Act from attack by the state’s only abortion clinic. As our readers know, at issue in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health …
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By Dave Andrusko The following is no surprise to anyone who has read a decent sampling of the amicus briefs filed in the case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization which the Supreme Court will hear this fall. But the Washington Post’s Robert Barnes is, to the best of my knowledge, the first reporter …
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By Dave Andrusko As we have over the past two weeks, we are continuing to examine amicus briefs filed in the case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization which the Supreme Court will hear this fall. At issue is Mississippi’s ban, enacted in 2018, on abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy with very limited …
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By Lisa Bourne Women do not need abortion to participate in society, Heartbeat International is telling the U.S. Supreme Court. And given the pervasive support provided by the pregnancy help community, the idea that women must choose between their life and the life of their unborn child is obsolete. On July 29, the largest global …
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By Dave Andrusko All last week, NRL News Today reviewed amicus briefs filed with the Supreme Court, including its own, supporting Mississippi’s pro-life Gestational Age Act which the Supreme Court will hear this fall. With a few exceptions, the law forbids abortions performed after the 15th week. National Right to Life supports a wide variety of amicus briefs—including the one from over …
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By Dave Andrusko This week, NRL News Today will continue analyzing amicus briefs filed with the Supreme Court, including its own joint brief submitted with Louisiana Right to Life, that support Mississippi’s pro-life Gestational Age Act. With a few exceptions, the law, a challenge to which the Supreme Court will hear this fall, forbids abortions performed after the …
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