CNA: Appeals Court Rules Against Texas Ban on ‘Dismemberment Abortions’

CNA Staff, Oct 14, 2020 / 04:00 pm MT (CNA) – A three-judge appeals court panel on Tuesday struck down a Texas law that bans dilation-and-evacuation abortions.

Judge James Dennis, writing for the 2-1 majority on the 5th Circuit panel, said the Texas law “unduly burdens a woman’s constitutionally-protected right to obtain a previability abortion.”

He said the law “confers no medical benefit for women patients while forcing them to undergo unnecessary, painful, invasive, and even experimental procedures.”  …