How Texas Pro-Lifers Ground Abortion to a Halt in the Lone Star State

After getting repeatedly thwarted by the courts, Texas tried something new.

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A pro-life demonstrater stands in front of the U.S. Supreme Court, in Washington D.C., March 2, 2016.

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Texas pro-lifers had a legal strategy in mind when the state’s heartbeat law, also known as S.B. 8, went into effect on September 1.

They’d sue an abortion provider under the law to try to get the inevitable litigation about the statute going in the most favorable district court under the best circumstances for their side.

Rich Lowry

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Rich Lowry

Rich Lowry is the editor in chief of National Review.

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