Texas Federal Judge Blocks Biden Abortion Plan
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A Texas Federal judge blocked the Biden administration’s emergency abortion guidance that required doctors to perform abortions in emergencies regardless of state law. While left-leaning articles focus on the ruling from U.S. District Court Judge James Wesley Hendrix, right-leaning articles focus on statements from Texas AG Ken Paxton.
The Hill published a centrist article reporting on how the practical effect of the ruling is halting the HHS from enforcing the administration’s guidance in Texas, stopping short of a nationwide injunction. The ruling from Hendrix also blocks the Biden administration from using its regulation against two co-plaintiffs in the case.
A left-leaning article from CNN discusses how Judge Hendrix ruled that the guidance, which relies on the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA), was “unauthorized.” Hendrix wrote that the “guidance goes well beyond EMTALA's text, which protects both mothers and unborn children, is silent as to abortion, and preempts state law only when the two directly conflict.”
A right-leaning article from Fox News discusses how AG Paxton stated that “the law was on our side” after Hendrix released his ruling. Paxton also said that the court’s decision was a “crucial step in preventing Joe Biden and his radical pro-abortion Administration from breaking the law and threatening our entire healthcare industry by withholding federal funds.”
From the center
Federal judge in Texas blocks Biden administration’s emergency abortion guidance
The Hill