Texas Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk has long been immersed in a community staunchly opposed to abortion and hasn’t shied away from sharing his personal convictions.
“As you might guess, Matt LOVES this shirt,” Kacsmaryk’s wife wrote in January 2009, referring to her husband. “I put it on her today not even realizing that today is the anniversary of Roe v. Wade.”
that the approval process was rushed and that the pill is unsafe, arguments that have been debunked by leading medical associations. The ruling will not take effect for at least seven days, and it was quickly met Friday night with a contradictory opinion from a judge in Washington state. The case could go to the conservative-leaning U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit and then probably end up at the Supreme Court.
“I think he isn’t afraid for people to know he has personal beliefs on it,” said one friend who saw Kacsmaryk in the weeks ahead of the ruling and, like others in this story, spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe private interactions.His decision to use the term “unborn human” instead of “fetus,” in particular, is unsurprising, the friend added.
All of Kacsmaryk’s friends interviewed for this story maintained that despite his personal views, the judge has a deep respect for the rule of law and would not let his beliefs intervene in how he rules. Kacsmaryk carefully considered all of the arguments on both sides, said several friends who read the ruling. In mid-March, he sat for over four hours of oral arguments on the case in his Amarillo courthouse.
As he prepared to issue the decision, Kacsmaryk was subdued and seemed to lack his usual joy, according to two friends who recently spoke with him. The decision was clearly weighing on him, the friends said, and the judge at times seemed lonely. “The fact that a federal judge is finally paying attention to the questions we’ve been raising for 22 and a half years… it’s vindication,” said Kristan Hawkins, the president of Students for Life, a national antiabortion organization.Kacsmaryk’s sister, Griffith, whom he describes as his “hero,” spoke to The Post earlier this year about her experience with unexpected pregnancy at age 17. She left her home to live in a maternity house a few hours away, then put her son up for adoption.
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