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DALLAS (LifeSiteNews) — Just days after a lower court blocked enforcement of the Texas Heartbeat Act, the Lone Star State’s sweeping pro-life legislation banning most abortions after a fetal heartbeat can be detected, a federal appeals court reinstated the life-saving law on Friday night.
The move comes after a district court judge granted a request by the Biden administration to halt the legislation and signals a win for the pro-life movement ahead a crucial case on the Supreme Court docket that could see Roe v. Wade overturned by next year.
Signed in May by Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, the Texas Heartbeat Act took effect September 1. The law requires abortionists to screen for a preborn baby’s heartbeat and prohibits abortion if a heartbeat can be heard (generally as early as six weeks), with exceptions only for medical emergencies.
On Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman froze enforcement of the act by issuing a temporary restraining order after the Biden administration’s Department of Justice, led by Attorney General Merrick Garland, sued the state of Texas in a bid to block the law.
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