Team of State Attorneys General Announce They will Assist in Fight Against Texas's Temporary Abortion Restrictions

New York Attorney General Letitia James

A team of pro-abortion state Attorneys General will be teaming up to fight a Texas order temporarily banning elective abortion during the pandemic.

Texas is one of several states which enacted an emergency ban on non-essential medical procedures to slow the spread of COVID-19 and preserve important medical equipment such as masks and gloves for doctors fighting the novel disease. Because the state correctly considers elective abortions to be non-essential services that drain resources risk spreading the disease, a team of 19 pro-abortion attorneys general from across the country announced that they will be fighting the Texas ban. New York Attorney General Letitia James said on Twitter April 3 that she would be leading the team.

“I’m leading 19 AGs in legal action to stop Texas from blocking nearly all abortion services & using the #coronavirus as an excuse. In our nation, a woman has a constitutional right to access an abortion & I won't stand for assaults on women's choices, freedoms & bodies," she wrote.

I'm leading 19 AGs in legal action to stop Texas from blocking nearly all abortion services & using the #coronavirus as an excuse.

In our nation, a woman has a constitutional right to access an abortion & I won't stand for assaults on women's choices, freedoms & bodies.

— NY AG James (@NewYorkStateAG) April 3, 2020

States expending resources to fight each others' coronavirus response policies is hardly an efficient use of government time and money during this unprecedented time. Hopefully, these government officials will realize that they need to prioritize the health and safety of their respective citizens, at least for the time being if not always.

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