When Texas passed this law, everyone said “countdown to a federal judge ruling it illegal.”

Who knew it would happen so quickly?

AP:

A federal judge on Wednesday ordered Texas to suspend the most restrictive abortion law in the U.S., calling it an “offensive deprivation” of a constitutional right by banning most abortions in the nation’s second-most populous state since September.

The order by U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman is the first legal blow to the Texas law known as Senate Bill 8, which until now had withstood a wave of early challenges. In the weeks since the restrictions took effect, Texas abortion providers say the impact has been “exactly what we feared.”

In a 113-page opinion, Pitman took Texas to task over the law, saying Republican lawmakers had “contrived an unprecedented and transparent statutory scheme” by leaving enforcement solely in the hands of private citizens, who are entitled to collect $10,000 in damages if they bring successful lawsuits against abortion providers who violate the restrictions.

The law, signed by Republican Gov. Greg Abbott in May, prohibits abortions once cardiac activity is detected, which is usually around six weeks, before some women even know they are pregnant.

“From the moment S.B. 8 went into effect, women have been unlawfully prevented from exercising control over their lives in ways that are protected by the Constitution,” wrote Pitman, who was appointed to the bench by former President Barack Obama.

“That other courts may find a way to avoid this conclusion is theirs to decide; this Court will not sanction one more day of this offensive deprivation of such an important right.”

To be fair, the point of the law was to get it ruled against by a judge, which would then result in it getting pushed up to the Supreme Court, which conservatives think will overturn Roe v. Wade based on its current supposedly conservative makeup.

The conversation is largely pointless, given the general state of everything else in this country.

If the court overturns Roe, it will just create this massive, endless distraction, and will not actually result in fewer abortions.

Doesn’t apply.

— TennisBuff (@MichaelPWealth) October 7, 2021

While we resist and persist, I'll take the joys and triumphs we can. We celebrate today, we're back to work tomorrow. We got this, abortion isn't going anywhere. And it's our power as a community of rights-conscious people that will keep it safe and accessible. ✌️

— Alistair SM J 🌈 ♿ (@Essem_Jay) October 7, 2021

I’ve been seeing this phase a lot, so conservatives can probably relate to it. Abortion “is the law of the land, if you don’t like it, leave”. Did I do it right?

— Jake (@JakeDPowers) October 7, 2021

Frankly, abortion laws don’t matter anyway at this point, because the unvaxed don’t want abortions, and the vaxed can’t get pregnant.

Not trying to rain on anyone’s Crusade here. The whole thing just really feels like an organized distraction.

Governor Cripple is distracting from his open border, and if the Democrats don’t have some patriarchy boogieman to fight, their whole operation implodes in on itself.

The feds have already said they will disregard any SCOTUS ruling they don’t like. But they would like Roe ban, as it would distract the masses of fickle goyim.

Did you know that even Ruth Bader Ginsburg said that Roe v. Wade was not a strong ruling?

The Guardian:

The Biden administration has formally asked a federal judge to block enforcement of a new Texas law that effectively bans almost all abortions in the state under a novel legal design that opponents say is intended to thwart court challenge.

The US Department of Justice’s 45-page emergency motion seeks a temporary restraining order or preliminary injunction lifting the abortion ban while its lawsuit challenging the statute as unconstitutional proceeds through the courts.

“This relief is necessary to protect the constitutional rights of women in Texas and the sovereign interest of the United States,” the DoJ’s brief stated.

The Republican-backed law forbids abortions performed once cardiac activity has been detected in the embryo, which typically starts at six weeks of gestation, before many women even realise they are pregnant.

It’s an interesting fight, I guess.

You know how we here at Hoax Watch feel about abortion.

But clearly, the right is losing everywhere, all the time. The claim that they might just magically win on the abortion fight is silly. Of course they will not win.

This is him presenting his most famous game 10 years ago

You can create amazing things in this civilization, things that people love.

But if you ever question the narrative – any aspect of the official narrative – everything you’ve done in your life becomes completely meaningless, and you are immediately thrown directly under the bus.

BBC:

The president of game-studio Tripwire Interactive has stepped down after tweeting support for a controversial new abortion law in Texas.

The Texas law bans abortions from as early as six weeks into pregnancy.

John Gibson tweeted he was “proud” of the legal outcome and was a “a pro-life game developer”.

Some of the studio’s partners rapidly distanced themselves from Mr Gibson, with one announcing it would cancel its contracts over the issue.

And two days after the tweet was posted, amid an avalanche of criticism, Tripwire said: “Effective immediately, John Gibson has stepped down.”

Mr Gibson’s comments had been his own – and not the company’s, it said.

“His comments disregarded the values of our whole team, our partners and much of our broader community,” Tripwire said.

“Our leadership team at Tripwire are deeply sorry and are unified in our commitment to take swift action and to foster a more positive environment.”

Intense controversyTripwire is a developer of titles including Man Eater, in which gamers play as a shark, and the publisher of medieval-combat game Chivalry 2.

Mr Gibson had tweeted: “As an entertainer, I don’t get political often.”

Proud of #USSupremeCourt affirming the Texas law banning abortion for babies with a heartbeat. As an entertainer I don’t get political often. Yet with so many vocal peers on the other side of this issue, I felt it was important to go on the record as a pro-life game developer.

— John Gibson (@RammJaeger) September 4, 2021

But he was “proud of US Supreme Court affirming the Texas law banning abortion for babies with a heartbeat” – a description medical authorities say is misleading.

“With so many vocal peers on the other side of this issue, I felt it was important to go on the record as a pro-life game developer,” he had added.

The tweet quickly generated intense controversy.

Many individual gamers called for a boycott of Tripwire’s games, sharing tips on how to hide listings for its products in Steam’s online game store or making donations to women’s charities in Mr Gibson’s name.

I don’t think that is the general sentiment of gamers, actually.

The gaming community is overwhelmingly right-wing, and in fact, people would have bought these games to show support.

Of course there’s no reason to now that he’s already been forced out of the company! In fact, people should now boycott these games! Post negative reviews and get refunds!

Supporters of the Texas law also responded, with the original tweet clocking up nearly 13,000 replies.

But Shipwright Studios, a “work-for-hire” studio that contributed to some of Tripwire’s games, wrote it was ending a three-year relationship because of Mr Gibson’s comments.

Who would have guessed that video game companies were so big into abortion?

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— Shipwright Studios (@shipwrightstdio) September 5, 2021

We do not share the opinion expressed in a recent tweet by the president of Tripwire, publisher of Chivalry 2. This perspective is not shared by our team, nor is it reflected in the games we create. The statement stands in opposition to what we believe about women’s rights.

— Torn Banner Studios (@TornBanner) September 6, 2021

Some of the replies were just too much.

For instance, Let's Ignore all the right to life side of this – what if the state of washington made buying a handgun illegal?

I as a citizen would have you arrested as you visit pax.

But you say buying a gun is a constitutionally protected act… so is an abortion.

— Chet Faliszek (@chetfaliszek) September 5, 2021

Thats a lot of words to say you hate women

— RJ Palmer (@arvalis) September 5, 2021

Right-wingers are so moronic for not doing more to protect themselves from these kinds of attacks.

Half of the country is right-wing (actually a little bit more) and another 25% surely doesn’t care about people saying things that they believe.

So something like 20% of the country is capable of controlling all industry, including what political views video game developers are allowed to have?

Why is this possible?

Why do people on the right not organize to defend themselves in any way at all?

Killing Floor 2 is awesome.

I never played it but I watched a bunch of let’s plays, and it is a very good game.

But there isn’t going to be any more creativity left in games after all of these creators are run out.

As it happens, right-wingers are the ones who have all of the creative energy.

Leftists produce almost nothing but garbage.