Notice the name Barrett? Now that do all of you Barrett bashers have to say?
I’m afraid this will simply be used to “get out the vote” for the Dems. They so want to flip Texas.
Why are we so focused on a heartbeat? We KNOW there is a separate human life the moment it’s detectable that the woman is pregnant, which is within a few days of conception.
My understanding of the Texas law is that it gives private citizens the right to file civil lawsuits against abortion clinics.
The effect of lawsuits might shut down abortion providers, but the law does not make abortions illegal in Texas, which, on its face, would violate Roe v. Wade.
I read this explanation several days ago, but I have not seen it explained that way since.
Here are some of the most relevant sections of the new Texas law.
It does not outlaw abortion.
It empowers private Texas citizens to sue abortion providers in civil court:
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. This Act shall be known as the Texas Heartbeat
Act.
SECTION 2. The legislature finds that the State of Texas never repealed, either expressly or by implication, the state statutes enacted before the ruling in Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973), that prohibit and criminalize abortion unless the mother’s life is in danger.
Sec. 171.208. CIVIL LIABILITY FOR VIOLATION OR AIDING OR
ABETTING VIOLATION. (a) Any person, other than an officer or employee of a state or local governmental entity in this state, may bring a civil action against any person who:
(1) performs or induces an abortion in violation of this chapter;
(2) knowingly engages in conduct that aids or abets
the performance or inducement of an abortion...
https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/pdf/SB00008H.pdf
The BIG reason for the support of Abortion is MONEY not just the fee to preform it. But selling the parts afterwards. Many of the ABORTIONS are delayed to improve the value of the brain’s, heart and other parts that they harvest.
If you passed laws making it illegal to harvest and sell the parts the industry would dry up.