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U.S. NEWS Friday 22 January 2021
Appeals court revisits Texas ban on abortion procedure

By KEVIN McGILL Duane, attorney for the
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Texas Center for Reproductive
should be allowed to halt a rights.
common second-trimester "First of all," Duane respond-
abortion procedure, the ed, "the record clearly
state's lawyers told a feder- shows that fetal pain is not
al appeals court Thursday possible at the gestational
in a hearing punctuated ages —"
by debates over fetal pain "Well, we don't know about
and the rights of women to frog pain, do we?" Jones
medically safe abortion. interrupted. "It's a matter of
A 2017 Texas law, which taking creatures and not
has never been enforced, tearing them apart limb by
prohibits the use of forceps limb."
to remove a fetus from the In briefs, the center cites
womb — what supporters findings by the American
of the law call a "dismem- Medical Association, the
berment abortion" — with- Royal College of Obstetri-
out first using an injected cians and Gynecologists
drug or a suction proce- and other medical orga-
dure to ensure the fetus is nizations that pain cannot
dead. be felt before 24 weeks of
The state has long argued In this Jan. 7, 2015, file photo, a man walks in front of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New gestation.
that it has a legal interest Orleans. The Texas law can cause
in barring what it calls a Associated Press needless delay for a wom-
"brutal" procedure. Abor- an seeking abortion and
tion rights advocates ar- state, the use of suction to Trump, will take a new look capable." He said the law the requirements are medi-
gue that the law effectively remove a fetus, also results at the issue. does not pose an unconsti- cally unnecessary, Duane
outlaws what is often the in dismemberment. Against that backdrop, a tutional burden on a wom- argued. Also, Duane ar-
safest method of abortion A three-judge panel of majority of the full 17-mem- an seeking an abortion gued, a physician cannot
for women in the second the 5th U.S. Circuit Court ber 5th Circuit agreed to and that the state has a le- be certain of fetal death
trimester of pregnancy of Appeals in New Orleans Thursday's full-court rehear- gitimate interest in requiring in many cases until a pro-
— a procedure medical- blocked enforcement ing, which featured some- a "more humane" abortion cedure has begun, rais-
ly known as dilation and of the law last year, and times sharp discussions on method. ing questions among 5th
evacuation. They also ar- other federal courts have whether a fetus can feel "Even in high school, if Circuit judges Thursday of
gue that fetuses cannot blocked similar laws. But op- pain. you're going to dissect a whether the physician per-
feel pain during the ges- ponents of legal abortion Kyle Hawkins of the Texas frog, you kill him before forming the abortion with
tation period affected by hope the Supreme Court, Attorney General's Office you start taking him apart," forceps becomes liable for
the law, and that one al- now with three appointees argued that fetuses in the Judge Edith Jones said lat- prosecution if the drug has
ternative outlined by the of former President Donald second trimester are "pain er as she questioned Molly not worked. q

Bernie Sanders spawns splash of memes with inaugural attire

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — enthralled with Sanders' coveted hand warmers.
Wearing mittens made out mittens, which were made Sanders has donned the
of recycled materials and by a Vermont elementary mittens before while run-
a warm winter jacket, U.S. school teacher who has a ning for president in 2020
Sen. Bernie Sanders pulled side business making mit- and in interviews with Ver-
off a casual inauguration tens out of recycled wool. mont journalists, the station
outfit — and vibe — that "I love it that he loves them, reported.
only he could. and that he wears them," Sanders' inauguration look,
Many people quickly high- Jen Ellis, an elementary including a brown winter
lighted the 79-year-old school teacher, told NECN- jacket made by Burton
independent Vermont TV. "And I'm totally honored snowboards, has spawned
senator's look, and cre- that he wore them today." countless memes since
ated endless memes, from Ellis has never met Sand- Wednesday including the
Wednesday's inauguration ers. But when her daughter former presidential candi-
of Joe Biden and Kamala went to a child care center date on the subway, on the
Harris, which he said was owned by one of his rela- moon, sitting on the couch Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders arrives for the 59th Presidential
more about keeping warm tives, she was able to slip a with the cast of "Friends". Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol for President-elect Joe Biden in
than fashion. pair into Sanders' hands. In memes spreading across Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021.
"You know in Vermont, "I think people like a heart- Indian Country, Sanders is Associated Press
we dress warm, we know warming story — especially draped with a Pendleton
something about the now," she said when asked blanket sitting alongside "cheii," the Navajo word for ration attire emulated what
cold, and we're not so about the all the attention the parade route during "grandfather." is "great" about the him.
concerned about good the mittens were getting on a tribal fair, next to the fire Ryan Leclerc, a hard goods "Those are the mittens you
fashion, we want to keep social media. during a ceremony and rid- buyer for Onion River Sports might see when you're sip-
warm. And that's what I did The widespread interest in ing in the back of a pickup in Montpelier, Vermont, said ping cider around a fire.
today," Sanders told CBS the mittens prompted Ellis truck across remote land. Sanders is more about sub- Sanders doesn't care and
on Wednesday. to tweet Wednesday that Even before inaugura- stance than style. Leclerc it's not important to him,"
People were particularly there were "no more" of the tion day, he was dubbed noted the senator's inaugu- Leclerc said.q