Summary: A district court in Austin ruled on Monday that certain parts of Texas' new abortion laws were unconstitutional. The laws were supposed to go into effect tomorrow. The ruling blocked a big part of the laws that would've required abortion doctors to have admitting rights to a hospital in order to perform the procedure; however, the court did uphold the part of the law that states that a certain drug protocol has to be used in medical-induced abortions, a practice that some doctors have called "outdated". The legislation was signed by Governor Rick Perry in July. Democratic state senator Wendy Davis tried to prevent the laws from being voted on by staging an 11 hour filibuster but the laws ultimately passed in the Republican controlled legislature; Davis is now running for governor of Texas.
Analysis: I think it's good that part of this law was ruled unconstitutional. Having all of these bans, in my opinion, partially goes against womens' rights which bothers me. I hope that everything works our with this legislation.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/29/us/judge-blocks-part-of-texas-abortion-law.html?pagewanted=1&hp
I just want the fight for women's rights to succeed. Many other states have abortion laws, and it's completely unfair to have male politicians decide what they think is best for a woman's body. It's not their body, how should they know?
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