Posted on 06/02/2021 7:14:55 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
A federal judge has dismissed Planned Parenthood’s lawsuit seeking to invalidate an ordinance outlawing abortion in a major Texas city, arguing a "lack of jurisdiction."
Judge James Wesley Hendrix of the Northern District of Texas, appointed to the bench by former President Donald Trump, tossed the lawsuit filed on behalf of the abortion provider against an ordinance banning abortion in the city of Lubbock.
“Because the ability to remedy a plaintiff’s injury through a favorable decision is a prerequisite to a plaintiff’s standing to sue — an ability absent here — the Court dismisses the case for lack of jurisdiction,” Hendrix said in his Tuesday night ruling, as reported by The Texas Tribune.
Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas filed a lawsuit against Lubbock, asking a federal judge to declare the voter-approved ordinance outlawing most abortions within the city limits except for cases when a woman's life is at risk unconstitutional.
The ruling comes after oral arguments were heard Friday in Hendrix's court during which he expressed reservations about the scope of his authority over the ordinance, The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal reported.
In response to Hendrix’s decision, the city of Lubbock released a statement acknowledging that “the City has reviewed the June 1 Court Order in the litigation challenging Lubbock’s Sanctuary City of the Unborn ordinance and is pleased with the result.”
Praising the judge’s “thorough and well-reasoned opinion,” the city vowed to “vigorously defend the ordinance in any litigation that may be filed.”
Hendrix’s ruling follows Planned Parenthood’s announcement that it will no longer perform abortions at its Lubbock facility.
In a statement released Tuesday, Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas, the Texas affiliate of the nation's largest abortion provider, which operates a clinic in the city, indicated that “Abortion services will be provided when legally permissible.”
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God is Magnificent
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God is Magnificent
Evil never stops
One of many reasons why there are some just need to be eliminated, its the only way to stop them.
We’ve stopped eliminating those “somes” a long, long time ago, and our nation has decayed to the point we find it in in 2021.
Excellent. May the movement to ban abortions and Planned Parenthood spread like wildfire, in Jesus’ Name. May Planned Parenthood go down in flames.
They’ll just refile in Hawaii.
God bless every one of PDJTs judicial appointments especially the closet statists and Rats. Give them your Higher Wisdom especially when it comes to the life of the unborn and putting America First.
I love good news in the morning!
God answers prayers!
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