The right to life wins huge victory in Texas

In an important ruling on Tuesday, the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit upheld the Texas government’s right to temporarily ban abortions during the coronavirus pandemic.

The three-judge panel overruled a lower court ruling that had blocked Texas’s ban, declaring that the lower court ignored judicial precedent and the constitutional authority reserved for the states in times of emergency. This decision is significant because it protects the states’ rights to craft emergency policy, but also because it lays the groundwork for permanent abortion restrictions in pro-life states.