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Stinky The Clown

(67,762 posts)
Wed Sep 1, 2021, 09:14 PM Sep 2021

Elie Mystal has a good idea:

I am not a twit and therefor have no twit account, I am reduced to old fashioned copy and paste. This is a tweet by Elie Mystal.

Elie Mystal
@ElieNYC

Texas wants to get cute with the law, fine. Let's play:

The Texas enforcement mechanism has citizens suing abortion providers, but *qualified immunity* protects government officials from being sued for carrying out official functions. SO...

Joe Biden has to do is establish, by executive order, federal "privacy protectors" who are ordered to provide constitutionally protected services in Texas. Like the vaccine distribution BUT FOR ABORTION.

These people couldn't be sued b/c of Qualified Immunity

PROBLEM SOLVED, YOU'RE WELCOME

Oh... you get around the Hyde Amendment by making abortions free, of course. And only paying the *privacy protectors* for their counselling services. Any medical procedure they'd have to do out of their own pocket... which I'm *sure* we could privately fund.

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StClone

(11,682 posts)
1. What would also be interesting is if lots of women would fake pregnancies and abortions
Wed Sep 1, 2021, 09:24 PM
Sep 2021

And when harassed by Texans seeking that 10K fortune sue the begums out of them for harassment and more.

Maraya1969

(22,462 posts)
2. That sounds great if it will work. We are supposed to have a right to privacy regarding our
Wed Sep 1, 2021, 09:27 PM
Sep 2021

healthcare. Actually that is why Roe was passed in the first place right?

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