Trump-appointed judge says US health department overreached in its guidance, in decision issued just before ‘trigger law’ takes effect
a measure to protect abortion rights in the deeply conservative state’s constitution, striking a blow to the anti-abortion movement following the supreme court’s decision.
In his decision, Judge James Wesley Hendrix, who was appointed by Donald Trump, concluded that the US Department of Health and Human Services overreached in its guidance interpreting the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act, aHendrix stopped short of blocking the guidance nationally, keeping the prohibition in Texas.
Hendrix’s decision came just one day before a so-called “trigger law” barring nearly all abortions went into effect on Wednesday. The law, passed by the Texas legislature in 2021, increases the criminal and civil penalties on those involved with abortions except the pregnant patient, the Texas Tribune
. Since the Dobbs decision, clinics have stopped offering services, forcing people to travel to other states to seek out abortions.
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