DALLAS — As expected, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday formally ended a legal challenge against Senate Bill 8, Texas’ six week abortion ban, a law enacted on Sept. 1, which is considered the most restrictive abortion ban since Roe vs. Wade was decided in 1973.
The federal challenge is remanded to the district court with instructions to dismiss all challenges to the law’s private enforcement provisions.
The federal challenge was doomed after the 5th circuit sent the case to Texas Supreme Court regarding a question on whether or not state medical licensing officials could reprimand providers who violate SB 8. The state’s high court said the law did not allow such enforcement.
