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And so it begins, the counterattack.

Abortion Providers Win Order to Stop Group Enforcing Texas Law
Source: Bloomberg Law

Texas abortion providers won a temporary restraining order against Texas Right to Life and its associates Friday, blocking them from suing providers and health care workers at Planned Parenthood health centers in the state under a new law.

Planned Parenthood sued the anti-abortion group in state court to stop the group from enforcing Texas’ new six-week abortion ban.

Texas’ six-week law creates a “probable, irreparable, and imminent injury in the interim” for Planned Parenthood, its physicians, staff, and patients throughout Texas, Judge Maya Guerra Gamble of the Texas District Court for Travis County wrote in the temporary restraining order.

Providers would have no adequate legal remedy for that injury if they’re subjected to private enforcement lawsuits against them, Gamble said.

Read more: https://news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-and-business/abortion-providers-sue-to-stop-enforcement-of-texas-six-week-ban?campaign=79A95880-0D13-11EC-905A-F7E74F017A06&utm_medium=lawdesk