In a big victory for pro-life advocates in the Lone Star State, a Texas court this week upheld the state's ongoing ban on "dilation and extraction" procedures, a process of pulling unborn human beings out of the uterus in what pro-life advocates aptly call "dismemberment abortions:"

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit in Whole Woman's Health v. Paxton, has reversed a lower court and upheld a Texas pro-life law banning dismemberment abortions that tear babies limb from limb. The court voted 9-5 for the pro-life law.

Texas Senate Bill 8 prohibits dismemberment abortions, a method typically used in the second trimester to kill nearly fully-formed, living unborn babies. It is a barbaric and dangerous procedure in which the unborn baby is ripped apart in the womb and pulled out in pieces while his or her heart is still beating.

A three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals blocked enforcement of the law last year. But Texas sought, and was granted a re-hearing by the full court...

Not everyone was thrilled by the news:

Tragic. Spare a thought for the poor downtrodden abortion providers affected by this ruling.