Court backs Planned Parenthood bid to block lawsuits tied to Texas abortion law; formal ruling
Source: Dallas Morning News
AUSTIN — A Travis County District Judge sided with Planned Parenthood’s request to be shielded from legal action from abortion opponents on Monday, but a formal order will not be filed until later this week.
Travis County District Court Judge Karin Crump, who oversaw Monday’s hearing, found that the new law creates the threat of imminent harm for plaintiffs and violates the Texas Constitution.
Crump’s temporary restraining order that prevents the women’s health clinic and known abortion provider from being sued under the new abortion law is set to expire on Friday, and the action pending from the judge is expected to continue the original order.
The anticipated extended injunctive relief will be narrow in scope, protecting only three Texas Planned Parenthood affiliates and one of its abortion providers from being sued by named defendants in the lawsuit. It would not prevent Planned Parenthood from being sued by another person who is not working with anti-abortion group Texas Right to Life from suing the plaintiffs.
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Full title: Court backs Planned Parenthood bid to block lawsuits tied to Texas abortion law; formal ruling next
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