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The Biden administration on Friday urged a federal judge to block the nation’s most restrictive abortion law, which has banned most abortions in Texas since early September and sent women racing to get care beyond the borders of the second-most populous state.

But even if the law is put on hold, abortion services in Texas may not instantly resume because doctors still fear that they could be sued without a more permanent legal decision.

That worry underscores the durability of Senate Bill 8, which has already withstood a wave of challenges. U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman of Austin, who was appointed by former President Barack Obama, presided over a nearly three-hour hearing but did not say when he will rule.

The law bans abortions once cardiac activity is detected, which is usually around six weeks, before some women know they are pregnant. To enforce the law, Texas deputized private citizens to file lawsuits against violators and has entitled them to at least $10,000 in damages if successful.

The Biden administration says Texas has waged an attack on a woman’s constitutional right to abortion.

“A state may not ban abortions at six weeks. Texas knew this, but it wanted a six-week ban anyway, so the state resorted to an unprecedented scheme of vigilante justice that was designed to scare abortion providers and others who might help women exercise their constitutional rights,” Justice Department attorney Brian Netter told the court.

So far, abortion providers trying to block the Texas law have been rejected at every turn. That makes the lawsuit filed by the Justice Department their best chance yet to deliver the first legal blow to the GOP-engineered restrictions, which were signed into law by Republican Gov. Greg Abbott in May and took effect Sept. 1.

Amy Hagstrom Miller, president of Whole Woman’s Health, said some of the 17 physicians at her four clinics are ready to resume normal abortion services if the law is put on hold. Preparations began this week when some doctors gave patients found to have cardiac activity information to comply with another restriction — requiring a 24-hour waiting period before an abortion — so that they would be ready to be called back.

“It’s not the hundreds of people we’ve had to turn away,” Hagstrom Miller said in an interview. “But there is a significant group of people who have said, ‘Please, let me do whatever I can. Keep me on a list, and call me if you get an injunction.’”

But the majority of her physicians, Hagstrom Miller said, remain wary and fear lawsuits absent a permanent court ruling. Clinic staff are also worried. “Of course, we understand that,” she said.

Abortion providers say their fears have become reality in the short time the law has been in effect. Planned Parenthood says the number of patients from Texas at its Texas clinics decreased nearly 80% in the two weeks after the law took effect.

Some providers have described Texas clinics that are now in danger of closing while neighboring states struggle to keep up with a surge of patients who must drive hundreds of miles. Other women, they say, are being forced to carry pregnancies to term.

“This is not some kind of vigilante scheme,” said Will Thompson, defending the law for the Texas Attorney General’s Office. “This is a scheme that uses the normal, lawful process of justice in Texas.”

If the Justice Department prevails, Texas officials would likely seek a swift reversal from the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which previously allowed the restrictions to take effect.

The Texas law is just one that has set up the biggest test of abortion rights in the U.S. in decades, and it is part of a broader push by Republicans nationwide to impose new restrictions on abortion.

On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court begins a new term, which in December will include arguments in Mississippi’s bid to overturn 1973′s landmark Roe v. Wade decision guaranteeing a woman’s right to an abortion.

Mississippi has told the court it should overrule Roe and the 1992 decision in Planned Parenthood v. Casey that prevent states from banning abortion before viability, the point at which a fetus can survive outside the womb, around 24 weeks of pregnancy.

Last month, the court did not rule on the constitutionality of the Texas law in allowing it to remain in place. But abortion providers took that 5-4 vote as an ominous sign about where the court might be heading on abortion after its conservative majority was fortified with three appointees of former President Donald Trump.

Ahead of the new Supreme Court term, Planned Parenthood on Friday released a report saying that if Roe v. Wade were overturned, 26 states are primed to ban abortion. This year alone, nearly 600 abortion restrictions have been introduced in statehouses nationwide, with more than 90 becoming law, according to Planned Parenthood.

Other states, mostly in the South, have passed similar laws that ban abortion within the early weeks of pregnancy, all of which judges have blocked. But Texas’ version has so far outmaneuvered courts because it leaves enforcement to private citizens, not prosecutors, which critics say amounts to a bounty.

Texas officials argued in court filings this week that even if the law were put on hold temporarily, providers could still face the threat of litigation over violations that might occur between then and a permanent ruling.

At least one Texas abortion provider has admitted to violating the law and been sued — but not by abortion opponents. Former attorneys in Illinois and Arkansas say they instead sued a San Antonio doctor in hopes of getting a judge who would invalidate the law.

femi4:
It was so from the beginning. Let's leave it at default settings

Favfables:

No offense OP, but you sound like a nonvirgin

There's no place in Reno's post where he said that "virginity guarantees a good home", he only said, it's a virtue that is applaudable...

He's post condemns premarital sex and commends chasity...

And if you're hurt by this or you don't agree with his point, then maybe you need to get a moral evaluation...

DMerciful:
You're too emotional. You yourself know that men love women more than the average woman love women. This is a fact!

emmnprince:
Hanhan! Sarah na you post, na first comment. And before you post am you read it. Abi your mind no dey fully engaged, but divided that you no assimilate the message and deduce the lesson from Reno's write-up ni? Be like you no dey concentrate well. Or na your preconceived or biased mind dey first guide you ni?

Is there any part of Reno's post or any hint that says when you are a virgin and your husband deflowered you, a good home is guaranteed (for both of you)? He simply said "virginity before marriage is a virtue. Those who are virgin have the right to brag because it is not easy to remain chaste before marriage in this world. Premarital sex is a virus." Or you be one those who caught this virus or infect others with it ni?

Bottom line, he was only placing premium on virginity before marriage!

Abeg dey always comprehend well before you rush comment. Better still, always read a write-up at least 55 times (perhaps it will aid your understanding), before you rush comment. Or just post and keep quiet, let others comment.

I never see where person go post something con dey drag first to comment o!

femi4:
Losing it before marriage doesn't either.
It's about supporting and promoting a good virtue. It used to be the pride of a woman

DamnnNiggarr:
Futureisfemale rushing to the thread
Like
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UDUJ:
And you were not smart enough to see that she was not telling the whole truth, that she knew the man was married all along?

vybzkartel:
I proposed love to this lady, and she said

She is sorry but she can't return the love

I asked if she loves me but she said NO but she likes me

I asked if I should forget about her and she said, ' Let's be friends, anything can happen'

What should a guy do In this kinda situation? Thanks

alizma:
She doesn't even have the heart to blackmail him. As stupid as it may sound, it is obvious the girl is In love with him but you couldn't see that in her writing

UDUJ:
You thought process is that of a poverty stricken leech. Sad

Darhmmy:
We used to be lovers back in uni , We broke up at some point and lost contact. Earlier this year we reconnected at a party and it was obvious we still had feelings for each other.

We started dating and everything seemed nice at first. He never told me he was married. After months of dating , i started to get suspicious as he wouldn't let me visit his home , instead he was always coming to mine and meeting up at hotels. We had a big fight about it and he finally told me the truth. He kept on pleading and asking that we continue dating. I couldn't even leave if I wanted to, I was in love with him.

I am 2 months pregnant and he has been avoiding me. He calls just once in two days and has told me to do whatever I want with the pregnancy , that he is fine with my decisions. I want to keep him and the baby and I'm scared he may ghost up on me. Last night I found his wife and some of his relatives on Facebook and I want to send them texts about it. I really need advise on this.

BKayy:
And only the husbands DNA was swapped out.
Feminists reason somehow

Men need to understand this, the main aim of having sex or marriage is to retain your DNA on earth and move on(die) . Once your DNA is not retained here, that means you never existed.
So paternity fraud is the most "wicked wickedness" in nature. It means that she doesn't seem you fit to be retained in this world.

helinues:
In some aspects, it shows how responsible the lady had been for preserving herself

“I admire that virgin wife. Anyone who keeps virginity until marriage deserves to brag. Virginity until marriage is a virtue.
Premarital sex is a virus! Keep your virginity. Let your friends laugh at you. You can easily be like them. But they can NEVER be like you!”

endsarrrs:
Ow really and YEA RIGHT. Perharps he should ask his mother some serious questions who the biological father was to her!

Result of hoeing!

falcon01:
yes perfect excuse.
But how did he get the mans DNA sample?

endsarrrs:

hopexter:
Are you defending the mother?

A 26-year-old man identified has Cameron, has shared an inspiring story of how he met his biological father.

Cameron posted two photos, one depicting a conversation he initiated with his father. The second photo showed him and his father hanging out with their arms across each other’s shoulder.

He captioned the photo:
“How it started vs how it’s going”.

In a thread below the post, Cameron said he did not know about his biological father until he was 18 years old.

According to Cameron, he did a DNA test after turning 26, which confirmed that the man who had raised him was not his biological father.

He wrote;
“I now have two fathers. My father that raised me, is still in my life. I found out about my biological dad when i was 18.
I didn’t actually do a DNA test until I was 26.
Once it came back no probability I reached out to my biological dad”.

Cameron reached out to his biological father through text and informed him that there was a chance he could be his son.

“Hey my name is Cameron. I don’t really know how to to this, I’m just wondering and hoping you and I could have a conversation”, his messages read.

“About what?” His father responded.

olamidedivotee:
FutureIsFemale

Come and say something

DavidNative:
Need Advice Pls

Good Day, everyone, am having a serious challenge in my marriage, been married for a year and was no Premarital sex, since I need to promise her am a faithful guy and based on religion ground….

But honestly even in the marriage, it has been one sided, she said my private part is to big and I stay too long, I do every for her, love her, care for her, help her in kitchen, setup a home business/career for her to save her the stress of going out. I give her head, sometimes I suck and engage in pre-intimacy for long , but many times, since we had gotten married, I am the only active person, sometimes for a month no sex, am getting frustrated, I need advice.
Everytime i try to discuss it, she say i should try to understand that she is nott the sex type. Am tearing apart on my inside. What can i do pls

Jeon:
Lolz, that's why I don't take their matters seriously.

Angeldemon:
shut the Bleep up.
These girls are first class hoes.
I know two popular ones rightnow my friends her in lekki are fucking steady and one is a single mother.
They bought them cars too.

Nigerian women are whoring rightnow at an alarming rate even the ones with office jobs.