{"id":271781,"date":"2022-07-05T11:16:14","date_gmt":"2022-07-05T16:16:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=271781"},"modified":"2022-07-05T11:16:14","modified_gmt":"2022-07-05T16:16:14","slug":"texas-ohio-pro-life-laws-take-effect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/texas-ohio-pro-life-laws-take-effect\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas, Ohio Supreme Courts allow pro-life laws to take effect"},"content":{"rendered":"
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After Roe v. Wade<\/em> was overturned<\/a>, states across the country quickly began instituting laws<\/a> to protect preborn children from abortion. But just as quickly, activist judges began blocking those laws, even though the overturn of\u00a0Roe<\/em>\u00a0put abortion law in the hands of the states. So far, in two of those states, the Supreme Courts have allowed pro-life laws to take effect.<\/p>\n

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Previously, the Texas Heartbeat Act had already drastically limited abortion within the Lone Star State by protecting preborn children once a heartbeat can be detected, typically around six weeks of pregnancy. But the state also had another abortion restriction in place from 1925, which would have taken effect had Judge Christine Weems not\u00a0issued an injunction<\/a> against it. Weems ruled in favor of a lawsuit filed by the abortion industry, though Attorney General Ken Paxton immediately said he planned to appeal the ruling.<\/p>\n

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Today a Harris County judge froze pre-Roe laws criminalizing abortion in TX. But w\/ SCOTUS\u2019s Dobbs decision, these laws are 100% in effect & constitutional. The judge\u2019s decision is wrong. I\u2019m immediately appealing. I\u2019ll ensure we have all the legal tools to keep TX pro-life!<\/p>\n

— Attorney General Ken Paxton (@KenPaxtonTX) June 28, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n