Federal Judge Suspends Enforcement of New Texas Abortion Law
Ellise Shafer administratorA federal judge has ordered Texas to suspend the state’s new law banning most abortions, according to the Associated Press.On Wednesday, Judge Robert Pitman of Austin, Texas explained why he believes the law is an “offensive deprivation” of constitutional rights in a 113-page opinion.“From the moment S.B. 8 went into effect, women have been unlawfully prevented from exercising control over their lives in ways that are protected by the Constitution,” Pitman wrote in the opinion, according to the AP.