(CNS News) -- A lawsuit filed by Planned Parenthood against the city of Lubbock, Texas, which had declared itself a “sanctuary city” for the unborn, was thrown out by a federal district judge who said he lacked the jurisdiction to rule on the case and would leave the matter to the “state courts” to decide.
“Because plaintiffs fail to show, as they must, that they have Article III standing to sue the city, the Court dismisses the case for lack of jurisdiction,” said Judge Wesley Hendrix in his June 1 ruling for the U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas, Lubbock Division.
The judge’s decision followed only weeks after the ordinance was passed by the Lubbock City Council, to make it a “sanctuary city for the unborn.”
As the ordinance reads, “We declare Lubbock, Texas to ....READ MORE
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