Posted on 10/11/2024 1:02:16 PM PDT by Coronal
Almost two years ago, a Galveston man sued his ex-wife’s friends for wrongful death after they allegedly helped her obtain pills to terminate her pregnancy. The first-of-its-kind lawsuit set off a panic about a potential new avenue of abortion criminalization in post-Roe v. Wade America.
On Thursday, the claims were dropped with nothing to show for them.
This shocking test case was filed by Jonathan Mitchell, an anti-abortion legal crusader responsible for Texas’ novel ban on abortions through private lawsuits. That gambit, commonly known as SB 8, survived a court challenge. This wrongful death suit, which demanded $1 million each from the two women for their “murderous actions,” did not make it that far.
The case settled with both sides dropping their claims just before it was set to go to trial Monday. No financial payment was made to either Silva or the women he sued, Elizabeth Myers, the defendants’ attorney, confirmed in response to a question about the terms of the settlement. Mitchell did not respond to a request for comment.
The original lawsuit alleged that Jackie Noyola and Amy Carpenter helped their friend obtain abortion-inducing medication after she found out she was pregnant by her soon-to-be ex-husband Marcus Silva. The women countersued, alleging Silva knew about the abortion and did nothing to stop it.
Silva’s ex-wife, who was not a party to either lawsuit, previously asked the court to dismiss the claims or at least not require her to produce documents or testify. She introduced text messages that allegedly show Silva using the threat of the lawsuit to try to get back together.
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“ The women countersued, alleging Silva knew about the abortion and did nothing to stop it.”
That would seem to be the key from the legal perspective.
I always thought this was more show than substance.
You want to stop abortions then stop unwanted pregnancies. Lawsuits are expensive, time consuming and after-the-fact.
CONDOMS ARE CHEAP-—AND DO NOT NEED A DOCTOR’S PRESCRIPTION.
What exactly could he do to stop it?
At the time my girlfriend got pregnant, she wanted an abortion and I told her no, you’re not getting one and she didn’t.
“ What exactly could he do to stop it?”
Said don’t do it.
That’s the counter claim, that he knew and was fine with it which undercuts his claim.
He wants to be baby daddy and they sic the law on him to make him stop. Abortion aint birth control, bitch. Wonder why you aint got no permanent father figure around?
Did he really want to be a father, or did he want to use the pregnancy to control his wife?
I think she had plans too.
What plans did she have beyond leaving him and severing his ties to her?
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