Biden blasts Texas' 6-week abortion ban as 'extreme' and violation of a constitutional right

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(CNN) - President Joe Biden on Wednesday blasted the Texas state law that bans abortion after as early as six weeks into pregnancy as "extreme" and said it "blatantly violates" a woman's constitutional right to have an abortion, as affirmed by the landmark Supreme Court decision Roe v. Wade.

"Today, Texas law SB8 went into effect. This extreme Texas law blatantly violates the constitutional right established under Roe v. Wade and upheld as precedent for nearly half a century," Biden said in a statement.

The President continued: "The Texas law will significantly impair women's access to the health care they need, particularly for communities of color and individuals with low incomes. And, outrageously, it deputizes private citizens to bring lawsuits against anyone who they believe has helped another person get an abortion, which might even include family members, health care workers, front desk staff at a health care clinic, or strangers with no connection to the individual."

Biden said his administration was "deeply committed" to a woman's right to have an abortion and that his administration would "protect and defend that right."

https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/01/politics/biden-texas-abortion-ban/

[Lovie777]

1. Bounty wherein the accused would have to pay the accuser . ..

that alone is fucked up. republicans constant talk about "witch hunts" - well hello, here it is by yours truly - GOP.

[dalton99a]

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One of the unusual provisions of SB8 is that it only allows a plaintiff, not a defendant, to recover attorney’s fees if they win the case. There’s also a provision that allows the plaintiff to decide where they're going to sue, which is the opposite of standard legal practice. Normally, the case would be tried in the city where the offense occurred.

[rso]

3. Texas

I wonder if this law can be challenged in Court not on substance, which SCOTUS sadly already let stand, but on procedural grounds such as the fundamental way it seems to redefine long-established legal concepts between defendant and plaintiff.