An appeals court panel on Friday opted to leave the new Texas law banning most abortions in place for now, in the latest decision of its kind. Abortion providers sued in July, arguing Texas Senate Bill 8, which went into effect Sept. 1, is unconstitutional and should be blocked from enforcement. The law bans abortions done without an attempt to detect a fetal heartbeat and bars abortions outside of medical emergencies if a heartbeat is detected. But state officials are not allowed to enforce the measure. Instead, the unusual law lets private citizens bring lawsuits against doctors who allegedly perform illegal abortions or others who allegedly aid or abet them. The abortion providers in their lawsuit named Texas judges as defendants, asking the court to not allow them to participate in the enforcement of the new law in any way. They also sued Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and several …
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