This bill is especially insidious. Like all these other red state anti-abortion bills, it bans abortions after a really ridiculously short amount of time (6 weeks), for many women that's a de facto abortion ban.
For nearly all of the bills, the courts recognize that this is absolutely unconstitutional and block the bills. The insidious part is that since it's just citizens suing providers, legal experts think it's not really possible for the bill to be blocked by the courts. Because what usually happens is someone like Planned Parenthood sues the state to block the bill. But since it isn't the state enforcing it and it's a civil thing, the theory is that no one can actually sue to stop it. It was specifically designed this way with that in mind. In other words, death to Texas and death to America.
Btw something like 75% of Americans are in favor of legal abortions, though I should note that number does include some people who think there should be a restrictions on abortion; because even Americans who aren't Christians are still poisoned by the Puritanical mindset. Just another example of our really well-functioning democracy here.
This bill is especially insidious. Like all these other red state anti-abortion bills, it bans abortions after a really ridiculously short amount of time (6 weeks), for many women that's a de facto abortion ban.
For nearly all of the bills, the courts recognize that this is absolutely unconstitutional and block the bills. The insidious part is that since it's just citizens suing providers, legal experts think it's not really possible for the bill to be blocked by the courts. Because what usually happens is someone like Planned Parenthood sues the state to block the bill. But since it isn't the state enforcing it and it's a civil thing, the theory is that no one can actually sue to stop it. It was specifically designed this way with that in mind. In other words, death to Texas and death to America.
Btw something like 75% of Americans are in favor of legal abortions, though I should note that number does include some people who think there should be a restrictions on abortion; because even Americans who aren't Christians are still poisoned by the Puritanical mindset. Just another example of our really well-functioning democracy here.