Can i sue planned parenthood

Texas Abortion law. Download our local news and weather app for Apple or Android — and sign up for alerts. Texas Abortion Law. This article tagged under: Texas Abortion law Planned Parenthood senate bill 8. Back to Article. Close Menu. The temporary order does not definitively rule on the lawfulness of Texas's controversial new measure, which prohibits abortions after a fetal heartbeat is detected, nor does it permit Planned Parenthood to defy the law.

Rather, the order prevents Texas Right to Life from attempting to enforce the abortion ban against Planned Parenthood while a legal dispute between the parties plays out. In a three-page order, Crump said abortion providers at Planned Parenthood clinics had reason to fear being sued by Texas Right to Life under the new Texas law if the anti-abortion group was not restrained from doing so.

The Texas law at issue was signed in May by Gov. That landmark ruling granted a constitutional right to abortion before a fetus is viable, typically around 24 weeks of pregnancy. The Justice Department last week filed a federal lawsuit that seeks to invalidate the Texas law. An estimated 85 to 90 percent of women who get an abortion in Texas are at least six weeks into their pregnancy, the time by which the new law is typically triggered. The measure is expected to disproportionately impact teens, people of color and women living in rural areas.

For the time being, neither Texas Right to Life nor anyone affiliated with it will be able to sue Planned Parenthood for possible violations of the abortion law. The injunction is expected to remain in place until April , when a trial on the merits of the case is anticipated. The Department of Justice last week sued Texas over the law.

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