Texas Supreme Court rejects challenge to abortion ban

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

The all-Republican Texas Supreme Court rejected a challenge to the state's Heartbeat Act, which bans abortion after about six weeks of pregnancy, on Friday, The New York Times reported.

Steve Vladeck, a law professor at the University of Texas, wrote on Twitter that the court's decision "closes the last back door" against legal challenges to the law by abortion providers.

Link to tweet

Per the Times, the Heartbeat Act was designed to escape judicial review in federal courts, as abortion bans before the point of fetal viability — around 23 weeks — are considered unconstitutional under Roe v. Wade. The Texas law empowers private citizens to sue anyone who "aids or abets" a woman in obtaining an abortion.

Therefore, the Texas Supreme Court ruled, government and medical licensing officials cannot be sued over the law because they play no role in enforcing it, according to USA Today.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/texas-supreme-court-rejects-challenge-to-abortion-ban/ar-AAUZmNS

[lindysalsagal]

1. Congratulations, women of texas! The government owns your uterus.

Keep voting GQP and they'll own the rest of you soon enough.

[Mad_Machine76]

2. Who's enforcing it then?

And why can’t folks just ignore it? If the state has deputized citizens to enforce it, can’t *they* be sued?! If I were them I’d ignore it and just sue them in the courts. They can’t go after everybody.

[Patterson]

3. How can a regular citizen sue someone when they don't "have standing?"