Not that the abortion loving Biden DOJ will give up
Judge rejects DOJ move to block Texas abortion law
A federal judge denied a Department of Justice request to block enforcement of the controversial Texas abortion law.
“[T]his case presents complex, important questions of law that merit a full opportunity for the parties to present their positions to the Court,” wrote United States District Judge Robert Pitman in a one page decision Thursday. “Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that the United States’ Opposed Motion for Expedited Briefing Schedule, (Dkt. 13), is DENIED.”
The DOJ had asked the judge to grant a temporary restraining order or injunction in an effort to block the state from enforcing the law that effectively bans all abortions in Texas, prohibiting the procedure past roughly six weeks into pregnancy.
The DOJ argued that the bill, signed into law by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, would “prevent women from exercising their constitutional rights.” The DOJ cited the Supreme Court, which ruled that “a State may not prohibit any woman from making the ultimate decision to terminate her pregnancy before viability.” The new Texas law bans abortions before many women even know they are pregnant.
Of course, the Texas law would not prevent women from exercising their right that doesn’t actually exist within the U.S. Constitution, nor prohibit. They are welcome to do it by through week 6, and welcome to go to another state if they so choose.
Portland scraps Texas boycott, allocates abortion funds
The City Council in Portland, Oregon, has scrapped a plan to boycott Texas businesses because of a new law that prohibits most abortions there, deciding Wednesday to instead set aside $200,000 to fund reproductive care.
The liberal Pacific Northwest city made headlines earlier this month when Mayor Ted Wheeler announced plans to ban city business with the Lone Star State. However the proposal was abandoned due to concerns that it could be “punitive to Texans who, are in fact, the most affected†by the abortion law.
The boycott would have banned the purchase of goods and services by Portland from Texas and bar city employee travel until the legislation is reversed or overturned.
Nothing is more sacred to Democrats than abortion on demand. Rather than fixing the serious crime in Portland, turning a nice city into a place that is safer than just 2% of American cities (it actually ranks worse than Chicago) into a hellhole, they’ll spend the money so that women who failed to take proper precautions (blaming the liberal “men” here, too) can use taxpayer funds to use abortion as contraception. And, really, does Texas need their business? Perhaps Texas could block the shipment of fuels to Portland.
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