Legal Opinion
Whole Woman's Health v. Paxton
District Court, W.D. Texas
Decided August 31, 2017No. CAUSE NO. A-17-CV-690-LYPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER
LEE YEAKEL, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
Before the court is the above styled and numbered cause challenging the constitutionality of recently enacted Texas abortion laws. See 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The laws at issue are included in Texas Senate Bill 8, Section 6, which, inter alia, creates a new Subchapter G in the Texas Health and Safety Code. See Act of May 26, 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., ch. 441, § 6, 2017 Tex. Sess. Law Serv._(West) (to be codified at Tex. Health & Safety Code Ch. 171, Sub-chapter G, §§ 171.151-.154) (the “act”). The act goes into effect September 1,…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Roe v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Elrod v. BurnsSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pa. v. CaseySupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- Stenberg v. CarhartSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Gonzales v. CarhartSupreme Court of the United States · 2007
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3Cited by4 opinions
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- Whole Woman's Health v. PaxtonDistrict Court, W.D. Texas · 2017
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