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The ruling by a unanimous panel of fifth US circuit court of appeals comes amid a wave of lawsuits focusing on abortion exceptions

The US government cannot enforce federal guidance in Texas requiring emergency room doctors to perform abortions if necessary to stabilize emergency room patients, a federal appeals court ruled on Tuesday, siding with the state in a lawsuit accusing Joe Biden’s administration of overstepping its authority.

The ruling by a unanimous panel of the fifth US circuit court of appeals comes amid a wave of lawsuits focusing on when abortions can be provided in states whose abortion bans have exceptions for medical emergencies.

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[-] PedroMaldonado@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago

The cruelty is the point of it. Fuck these people.

[-] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

Fuck these people

Nope. Not with a 3ft dildo on the end of a 30ft pole. Having a child with one of these assholes is probably the worst way to ruin your life.

[-] GiuseppeAndTheYeti@midwest.social 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Someone correct me if I'm wrong but isn't it illegal to own a dildo in Texas?

Edit: Decided to do the research myself.

The Texas obscenity statute is a statute prohibiting the sale of sex toys in Texas. The law was introduced in 1973, and was last updated in 2003. While the law was never formally repealed, in 2008 a U.S. District Judge released a report declaring it to be "facially unconstitutional and unenforceable."

Texas Penal Code 43.23 (f) states: “A person who possesses six or more obscene devices or identical or similar obscene articles is presumed to possess them with intent to promote the same.” Elsewhere, the code defines the devices as “a dildo or artificial vagina, designed or marketed as useful primarily for the stimulation of human genital organs.”

So it's illegal to sell sex toys. Kinda. And definitely illegal to own six or more dildos.

[-] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

This actually explains a lot.

Maybe.

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