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Gothmog

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Mon Jan 29, 2018, 07:59 PM Jan 2018

Texas fetal remains burial rule blocked by federal court again

This is good news https://www.texastribune.org/2018/01/29/texas-fetal-remains-burial-rule-blocked-federal-court-again/

Texas’ second attempt to require health providers to bury or cremate fetal remains has been temporarily thwarted by a federal judge and another court battle is imminent.

In his Monday afternoon ruling, U.S. District Judge David Alan Ezra said the Texas Department of State Health Services’ arguments “lack merit.”

“For those eager for a result in this case, it is tempting to read the Court's decision as a signal on who will win at trial or as a determination of the validity of Plaintiffs' claims,” Ezra said. “Such guesswork would be premature. The Court only concludes Plaintiffs establish injunctive relief is warranted to preserve the status quo.”

The current fight is over Senate Bill 8, a law passed during the 2017 legislative session that has a provision forcing health care facilities to bury or cremate any fetal remains from abortions, miscarriage or treatment for ectopic pregnancy, regardless of their patients’ personal wishes or beliefs. That provision was supposed to go into effect Feb. 1.
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Texas fetal remains burial rule blocked by federal court again (Original Post) Gothmog Jan 2018 OP
Good, what a stupid requirement. uppityperson Jan 2018 #1
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