Plaintiffs Seek En Banc Review of 5th Circuit TX Abortion Sonogram Ruling

Dallas Observer - Legal Battles Blog: Center For Reproductive Rights Wants All Fifth Circuit Judges To Hear Sonogram Law Case, by Anna Merlan:

The saga of Texas's brand-new, Rick-Perry approved sonogram law continues. First, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a preliminary injunction issued by Judge Sam Sparks and allowed the law to go into effect. (That law, just to refresh, requires women seeking an abortion to look at a sonogram, hear a description of the image and listen to a fetal heartbeat, whether or not she wants to hear or see any of those things or whether her doctor thinks it's necessary or prudent.) Then Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott was so excited about the whole thing he wanted the law to go into effect like immediately, a request the court granted in just one day. . . .