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Hamlette

(15,411 posts)
Thu Sep 2, 2021, 11:28 PM Sep 2021

Will the Texas law change abortions in Texas?

As I understand it, the law does not prevent abortions after 6 weeks. Roe v Wade is still in effect. Bur Roe says states can limit abortion at the point of viability (third trimester).

But Texas has given standing to any citizen to sue anyone who gets or helps another to get an abortion if there is a heartbeat.

So the anti-choice fanatics will have to get a lawyer and sue a doctor or women who had an abortion, or her Uber driver for exercising her constitutional right to an abortion. And then I presume the woman, or Uber driver, will be forced to prove a heartbeat is not the same as viability.

Can a state pass a law that allows me to sue a person for exercising her right to vote?

I'm lost. Anyone read the decision?

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Will the Texas law change abortions in Texas? (Original Post) Hamlette Sep 2021 OP
The decision was limited to whether or not to enjoin. Frasier Balzov Sep 2021 #1

Frasier Balzov

(2,640 posts)
1. The decision was limited to whether or not to enjoin.
Fri Sep 3, 2021, 12:37 AM
Sep 2021

The SCOTUS majority chose to let the Texas fetal heartbeat law go into effect. They prefer to sit back and observe what aggrieved persons actually develop and step forward seeking relief.

Unfortunately, this presents a serious financial risk for anyone who aids and abets abortion in Texas-- a chilling effect which works precisely as intended by their Republican legislators and their governor.



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