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87th Legislature Civil Society JudicialProcedural Move May ‘Inadvertently’ Delay Planned Parenthood Challenge to Heartbeat Act in State Court

The docket equalization process moved the case from the left-leaning Third Court of Appeals to the right-leaning Seventh Court of Appeals.

Isaiah MitchellDecember 10, 2021

The case only involves some abortion industry actors and a pro-life group, but the pro-choice parties hope the ruling could be "persuasive."

The court's order slows Planned Parenthood's lawsuit against Texas Right to Life along with 13 other cases against the pro-life lobbying group.