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Federal court orders cases brought against Texas pro-life law dismissed

April 27, 2022 Catholic News Agency 1

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Denver Newsroom, Apr 27, 2022 / 14:19 pm (CNA).
A federal court on Tuesday ordered a lower court to dismiss all legal challenges brought against the enforcement mechanism of a Texas abortion law, a move… […]

Appeals court upholds Texas law prohibiting ‘live dismemberment’ abortions

August 20, 2021 Catholic News Agency 2

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New Orleans, La., Aug 20, 2021 / 08:53 am (CNA).
A federal appeals court on Wednesday upheld a Texas law that prohibits a kind of dilation-and-evacuation abortion known as ‘live dismemberment’.Dilation-and-evacu… […]