The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals struck down the federal district court ruling requiring Catholic business-owners to offer health coverage that includes birth control.
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals struck down the federal district court ruling that recently had overturned certain aspects of the recent Texas state law banning late-term abortions and requiring abortionists to maintain privileges at nearby hospitals in case of emergency. The Texas law is now back in effect. (Link fixed!)
Win some, lose some?
ReplyDeleteI count them both as wins -- you? Did I have too many double negatives, and confuse the issue? One ruling upheld the right of employers to opt out of paying for birth control, while the other reinstated the Texas law banning very late-term abortions and requiring abortionists to have hospital connections for emergencies.
ReplyDeleteThat sounds like wins to me. Maybe I'm confused, and the second link is broken. :)
ReplyDeleteI count the 5th Circuit win regarding the Texas law only a partial victory. That ruling only strikes the lower court's barring injunction while the main trial goes forward.
ReplyDeleteThe 5th also upheld the bar against enforcing the FDA protocol for abortion-inducing drugs in cases where the woman is between 50 and 63 days into her pregnancy. That strikes this non-doctor as a narrow window of use, and I'm not sure it's an item worth fighting for. At least for this go-round.
Eric Hines