> “Bob can’t sue Joe for harming Mary. Only Mary has standing to sue Joe, not a 3rd party.”
It’s not about Bob, Joe, Mary.
It’s about Texas residents, Abortion providers, Texas laws.
The new Texas law declares at how many weeks a baby inside the womb has a detectable heart beat.
Another Texas law restricts Abortion practitioners from aborting babies inside a womb that have a heart beat.
Neither law can be overturned unless the US Supreme Court were to legalize Abortion up to the day of delivery. Thus, the states have leave to determine at what week a baby in the womb may not be aborted on demand.
The basis of a lawsuit brought against an abortion provider need not involve DIRECT injury but injury to community.
An example is a neighbor who piles up and leaves unsightly trash on their property in view of the neighborhood. A law exists that unsightly trash left abandoned is illegal. Another law says neighborhoods and communities can take action against the abandoned trash heap.
So, if Texans don’t want Abortion providers cutting out babies with beating hearts in their state, they’re free to sue the provider in court for violating law.
I guess I don’t know how to explain it any better for you, but you seem to be getting what I’m saying.