Federal Appeals Court Dismisses Lawsuit Against Texas Abortion Ban, by Steven Ertelt

After having ruled multiple times previously on other cases, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals ordered the federal district court to dismiss one of the more recent lawsuits from abortionists against the Heartbeat Law.

“Having received the ruling of the Texas Supreme Court that named officials defendants may not enforce the provisions o the Texas Heartbeat Act… this court REMANDS the case with instructions to dismiss all challenges to the private enforcement provisions of the statute and to consider whether plaintiffs have standing to challenge,” the ruling by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said. …