A federal judge has ordered Texas to stop enforcement of the state’s recently implemented abortion statute, the most restrictive in the country, calling it a “scheme” to get aroun…
Federal judge issues order blocking Texas' 6-week abortion ban. Marchers protesting the law at the Women's March in Washington last weekend.to stop enforcement of the state’s recently implemented abortion statute, the most restrictive in the country, calling it a “scheme” to get around court precedent.
He found that lawmakers “drafted the law with the intent to preclude review by federal courts that have the obligation to safeguard the very rights the statute likely violates.”The Supreme Court last month, in a 5-4 decision, let the law go into effect, furthering concerns among abortion rights groups that the justices ultimately would overturn Roe vs. Wade.
The restrictive law had drawn the attention of many activists in Hollywood, while it raised the prospect that filmmakers would forgo shooting projects in the state. David Simon, creator of, said that he would not shoot an upcoming HBO project in the state, even though it is based on events that happened there.
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