DNY59/iStock(DALLAS) A panel of judges on the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has issued a temporary administrative stay Friday night that will allow state
DNY59/iStock(DALLAS) A panel of judges on the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has issued a temporary administrative stay Friday night that will allow state courts in Texas to continue accept lawsuits under the state's restrictive abortion law. President Joe Biden's Justice Department had sued the state of Texas last month after it instituted a ban on abortions once doctors detect cardiac activity about six weeks into a pregnancy and often before a woman would even know she was pregnant. The law, which is civil instead of criminal, allows anyone to sue someone they "reasonably believed" provided an illegal abortion or assisted someone in getting it in the state. The ruling late Friday will again reinstate the law, at least as the appeals process continues to unfold. "IT IS ORDERED that Appellant's emergency motion to stay the preliminary injunction pending appeal is temporarily held in abeyance pending further order by this motions panel," the Fifth