Planned Parenthood is joining other abortion providers in suing Texas over moving to ban abortions during the coronavirus outbreak.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott shows a new executive order regarding reporting data about the coronavirus during a news conference on Tuesday, March 24, 2020, in Austin, Texas.
Hours before the lawsuit was filed, Paxton said in an interview with a conservative group called Texas Values that the state would be watching all medical procedures and that any unnecessary procedures needed to be stopped, which he said included abortion. He has previously said that failure to comply with the order can result in penalties of up to $1,000 or 180 days of jail time.
Texas has more than 1,200 cases of coronavirus, according to a running count kept by Johns Hopkins University. At least a dozen people have died.
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