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A recent unsuccessful lawsuit in Texas, filed by a woman whose baby was diagnosed with Trisomy 18, highlighted the abortion lobby’s preferred strategy for challenging such laws.
Paxton’s letter states that the court order will not shield the doctor, the hospital, or anyone else from civil or criminal liabilities, which could include first-degree felony prosecutions and fines of at least $100,000 for each violation.
‘The FDA never had the authority to approve these hazardous drugs and remove important safeguards…’
None of the defendants are physicians or health care providers and the abortion pills were not administered in accordance with the law, the lawsuit says.
Texas’ law, which is designed to be enforced through private lawsuits, prohibits abortions after a fetal heartbeat can be detected, around six weeks gestation, except in medical emergencies.
The federal agency will enforce a 1994 law prohibiting the obstruction of abortion facilities.
A new brief supporting Mississippi’s 15-week abortion ban offers the high court a ‘clear window into the womb to witness the humanity of the unborn child.’
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