USA Today condemns TX abortion law

[Tanuki]

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.usatoday.com/amp/5667045001

"George Orwell, meet Greg Abbott: Texas abortion law is an un-American infringement of rights

Our View: You don't have to believe in abortion on demand or revere Roe v. Wade as landmark victory to understand that the Texas law is grossly unconstitutional.

THE EDITORIAL BOARD | USA TODAY |


Women in Texas are facing a sickening new reality.

A bill signed into law in May that went into effect Wednesday offers a $10,000 or more bounty for suing a doctor or anyone who helps to perform or procure an abortion at six weeks gestation or later.

Drive your daughter to an abortion, get sued. Pay for your wife to get an abortion, get sued. Work for an abortion doctor, get sued.

And you won't be taken to court by a county prosecutor or another government official. Anyone can sue you; a nosy neighbor, an ex-spouse or a stranger with a political agenda.

If you are sued maliciously, don't expect any relief. Say someone takes you to court because they merely saw you parked near an abortion clinic and you end up paying thousands in legal fees to defend yourself; the law says judges can't award attorney fees to punish frivolous cases."...(more)

[hlthe2b]

1. Businesses should evacuate TX in droves--and take their $$$$$ with them.

And anyone who travels there for recreation or nonemergent business really needs to think again. Boycotts work. Between this and the horrifically regressive voting bill and their anti-immigrant policies, time to take Texas to the mat.

[StarryNite]

2. And how they are good with kids dying from Covid.

[hlthe2b]

4. Yup.. Definitely.

[Tanuki]

3. I was glad to see a "mainstream" outlet like USA TODAY,

that reaches a wide cross-section of the public, take such a strong stand. And yes, I agree with a boycott. Let them feel it in financial losses. That is all their GOP lawmakers care about.

[crickets]

14. +1

[panader0]

5. My bet (hope) is that this law will not stand.

[ace3csusm]

6. handmaid's tale

What did they expect was going to happen when they keep electing Republicans...texas women should be afraid

[dalton99a]

7. Republicans want you to have Freedom, COMMUNIST-style

In fact, the law says someone sued for "aiding and abetting" an abortion could have to pay their persecutors' court costs.

The Lone Star State has created an Orwellian system where neighbors would be paid to snitch on neighbors as lawyers profit from a process that could have been designed by the East German Stasi. In the legal discovery process, clinics could be forced to turn over women's medical records to prove or disprove whether they had an abortion and how old the embryo was.

You don't have to believe in abortion on demand or revere Roe v. Wade as a landmark victory for women's rights to understand that the Texas law is simply un-American.

This totalitarian system was put in place because abortion opponents thought they had come up with a clever way to prevent courts from stopping the law before it went into effect. By making everyone the prosecutor for the law, the Texas Legislature made it hard to figure out who abortion rights advocates could take to court to stop enforcement.

[Freddie]

8. All business trips, conferences etc in Texas should be relocated

All concerts and sports events cancelled. I’m sure more than a few entertainers will consider this.
Hit them in the wallet.

[lindysalsagal]

9. This is religious

Stop avoiding the obvious. Religion is taking control.

[CrackityJones75]

10. Exactly.

[ananda]

11. Geezus... this is SO bad.

So bad.

[Chainfire]

12. We know this will end up before the Supreme Court

Then we will find out where we really stand.

[JCMach1]

13. File cases against every politico in Austin who supports this

And keep doing it