Florida Lawmaker Introduces Copy Of Texas Abortion Law--GOP Politicians In Other States Are Likely To

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Breaking|Sep 22, 2021,01:26pm



Florida Lawmaker Introduces Copy Of Texas Abortion Law—GOP Politicians In Other States Are Likely To Follow
Alison Durkee



Topline

A Florida state lawmaker introduced legislation Wednesday that copies Texas’ near-total ban on abortion, with GOP legislators is otherRepublican-led states expected to to also attempt to replicate thecontroversial law, which empowers private citizens to enforce the ban through lawsuits.
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Abortion rights activists rally at the Texas State Capitol on September 11, 2021 in Austin, Texas. Getty Images
Key Facts

Like Texas’ law, the Florida bill, introduced by state Rep. Webster Barnaby, a Republican, bans physicians from performing abortions if a “fetal heartbeat” is detected, a term medical experts criticize as factually misleading but typically happens approximately six weeks into a pregnancy.

The Florida bill also copies the Texas provision that anyone except a government employee can bring a civil lawsuit against anyone who performs an abortion that violates the ban or “knowingly engages in conduct that aids or abets” an abortion, with the plaintiff eligible toreceive at least $10,000 in damages per abortion.

The Florida bill seems to have the support of GOP leadership in the legislature: Florida State Senate President Wilton Simpson said after the Texas law took effect that lawmakers were “already working on” their own so-called fetal heartbeat bill............................................

[Karadeniz]

1. These bills are what you do when you don't represent any beneficial policies. Crap is all they have.