Texas Right to Life Legislative Director tweets live from Texas Sonogram Hearing in New Orleans by Texas Right to LifeWednesday, January 04, 2012
Legislative Director John Seago reported live this morning via Twitter from the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals hearing regarding the Texas Sonogram Law. The law was challenged by The Center for Reproductive Rights, and has been blocked from going into effect by pro-abortion Judge Sam Sparks. (Earliest tweets begin at the bottom of the page.)
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Mitchell (AG Office) closes hearing strong w/ showin this is medical info 4 a medical procedure thats well w/in states interest 2 regulate.
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Plaintiffs oral argument closes w/ Judges reminding us that Supreme Court has ruled the state has right to show preference for live birth.
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Plaintiff: our problem is that this forces info on women. /Judge: FDA, Lege, gov boards determine what must b disclosed. Thats how it works.
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Plaintiffs try 2 argue again that this is "radical" informed consent & judges still asking for a clear line it crosses 2 make it "radical."
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Plaintiffs: This requires ideologically motivated speech. / Justice Jones: What's ideological about a sonogram image & medical description?
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Plaintiffs up & judges pushing back hard on the claim that this law is "radical" informed consent & goes outside Casey precedent.
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2/3 of the Judges seem to agree on the outset that Judge Sparks was out of line in his handling of case & level of criticism applied to law.
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Jonathan Mitchell from AG's office making a strong argument for why Judge Sparks wrongfully applied strict scrutiny when weighing argumnts.
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Big things 2 watch 4 today in Sonogram hearing: 3) whether the weak 1st Amend argumnts will play a central role in the case at this level.
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Big things 2 watch 4 today in Sonogram hearing: 2) The judges' view on vagueness argumnts that Sparks used & whats needed to disprove them.
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Big things 2 watch 4 today in Sonogram oral arguments: 1) whether judges will keep proabortion judge Sparks from taking further action...
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At the Court of Appeals hearing 4 the Tx Sonogram Law w/ Justices Jones, Higginbotham, & Smith.
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