Texas Allowed to Enforce Order Postponing ‘Unnec­es­sary’ Abortions During Pandemic, Court Rules

Texas Allowed to Enforce Order Postponing ‘Unnec­es­sary’ Abortions During Pandemic, Court Rules
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Texas is again allowed to enforce its governor’s order to temporarily postpone surgeries and medical procedures, including elective abortions, that are not immediately necessary or to preserve the life of a patient during the CCP virus pandemic, a federal appeals court ruled.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit issued a temporary stay on a lower court’s decision to allow abortion providers to continue with the procedure after they were halted in Texas due to the global pandemic.