{"id":267001,"date":"2022-04-27T17:38:44","date_gmt":"2022-04-27T22:38:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=267001"},"modified":"2022-04-27T15:54:29","modified_gmt":"2022-04-27T20:54:29","slug":"texas-victorious-appeals-lawsuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/texas-victorious-appeals-lawsuit\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Heartbeat Act victorious with lawsuit ordered to be dismissed"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/div>

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday ordered a lower court to dismiss a lawsuit by abortionists against the Texas Heartbeat Act, effectively ending the suit.<\/p>\n

According to Texas Alliance for Life, a three-judge panel from the appeals court ordered<\/a> district court Judge Robert Pitman to “dismiss all challenges to the private endorsement provision” of the pro-life law. The case, Whole Woman’s Health v. Jackson<\/em>, had\u00a0gone before the Supreme Court twice, which dismissed key defendants in December. The Supreme Court allowed the lawsuit to continue in the Fifth Circuit against a few state agencies, and the Fifth Circuit Court then\u00a0asked<\/a> the Texas Supreme Court to weigh in on the case. Judges there unanimously\u00a0ruled<\/a> that the state agencies do not have the authority to enforce the act, and returned the case to the Fifth Circuit. This marked the beginning of the end of the lawsuit.<\/p>\n

Now, the Fifth Circuit has ordered Judge Pitman, who had partially and temporarily\u00a0blocked<\/a>\u00a0the law in September, to dismiss the case.<\/p>\n

READ: Pro-abortion authors are still lying about prenatal heartbeats. Here\u2019s the truth.<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n