Crazy idea about the Texas abortion law... Would this be an effective protest?

[Silent3]

What do you think would happen if not only did doctors in Texas continue to perform abortions, like the one who has announced that he performed one to invite a lawsuit and test the law in court, but many doctors did this, and they actively invited as many lawsuits as they could get, even inviting abortion rights allies to file lawsuits?

Could this some overwhelm and jam up the Texas courts so much that they just couldn't handle it, rendering the law fairly ineffective and more trouble than it's worth?

[marble falls]

1. Turning it into a circus based on what should be private between Doctors ...

... and patients would be the equivalent of what they are doing: turning what should be private into political theater.

[Silent3]

4. I don't think it would be necessary to name the patient...

...in order to do this, since the ability to sue is based simply on what the doctor does, or anyone who assists the patient in getting to the doctor, but not the patient herself.

It could be purely limited to doctors who decide themselves to participate and be public about it, and, of course, any patient who by her own decision wanted to go public.

[ck4829]

2. Tying up the courts because of this law... actually, not a bad idea

[BComplex]

3. Hahahaha! I love the way you think!

I've been thinking about crazy ways to fix things, too. For instance, I think it would be great for every single democrat in the country to change parties, sign up to run for office, and totally fuck up the republican primaries, putting in some really great dems in the republican party, just the way they have been infiltrating our party since the '90's.

In fact, in the county I live in, republicans are always changing parties becoming democrats to run in the primaries against their previous election primary adversaries, even after they've served in the republican party in another office for a few years.

[brooklynite]

5. Terrible idea...

The premise of civil disobedience is that the participants are prepared to accept the consequences. To invite participants based on "nothing will probably happen because there'll be too many cases is hugely problematic.

Would YOU be prepared to go to Court if you were the 1 in 1,000 cases that actually got prosecuted?

[rdking647]

6. i wonder....

the law says that if the defendant wins their lawsuit they cant make the plaintiff pay their attorney fees. but if the plaintiff wins the defendant has to pay their fees.

if the law is declared unconstitutional does that mean the defendants can then make the plaintiffs pay their fees

[LetMyPeopleVote]

7. I prefer the litigation route

This form of protest could give the assholes a ton of judgments

[Captain Stern]

8. Not a fan

If you do something to jam up the courts so much that they can't handle it, and render that law fairly ineffective..........you're also rendering a bunch of good laws fairly ineffective.

[twin_ghost]

9. You are talking about attorney fees between $250 to $750 per hour

It would cost a doctor a lot of money to defend any such lawsuit.