mo4ch:>Texas gets green light to enforce ban on abortion as ‘non-essential procedure’ during Covid-19 epidemic | Mo4ch News

Texas can enforce a ban on abortions as long as the governor’s coronavirus emergency declaration is in effect, a federal appeals court has ruled - a day after another court struck down Oklahoma’s effort to impose a similar ban.The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld Texas’ ban on most elective medical procedures - including abortions - in order to save medical supplies in a 2-1 ruling on Tuesday, reasoning that the state could continue its prohibition on the controversial procedure as long as the coronavirus emergency declaration was in effect.Also on rt.comIs it Brave New World or 1984? Here are a few dystopias we ALREADY live in“All constitutional rights may be reasonably restricted to combat a public health emergency,” Circuit Judge Kyle Duncan wrote in the majority opinion.The ruling is a major blow against state clinics, which had threatened to take the matter before the Supreme Court. In its emergency declaration last month, Texas specifically ordered abortion clinics to halt …