'Insidious,' 'draconian,' 'cruel': New Texas abortion law empowers vigilantism, experts say

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New Texas abortion law empowers vigilantism, encourages abortion opponents to flood courts with lawsuits that will cripple abortion advocates' ability to operate, experts say.

doesn't outright criminalize abortions after six weeks, but rather encourages civil lawsuits at the municipal, county and state level targeting the process by which a woman might seek abortion care.

“It’s bounty hunting,” added the Rev. Katherine Ragsdale, president of the National Abortion Federation. “Abusive spouses, disapproving parents, angry neighbors or people with no relation at all will all have a legal right to harass,” she said, before connecting it to a broader rise in extremism in recent years.

Multiple officials at abortion funds and abortion clinics described a huge uptick in hacking and online bullying in recent years, too. “It’s the unusual next venue for that kind of surveillance and harassment and intimidation that anti-abortion folks have engaged against clinics and patients for decades,” she said.

 

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So can the woman sue the father to help with expenses with the pregnancy and delivery? Then of course once the baby is born child support and taking responsibility.

Under the current government Texas is going backwards more than 50 years, and the only thing this will guarantee is this administration won’t be in charge for much longer

Strange the same people that won't get the covid vaccine say my body my choice.

Is Abortion going to be like Prohibition laws? Prohibition failed; folks just would not give up alcohol. Abortion is already GREATLY restricted. WHO are the people forgetting countless women who suffered from illegal abortions, and will again if they must. Freedom is Choice.

Republican garbage

😡😡😡WomenUnite

Let’s start with Abbott’s, Paxton’s, Cruz’s, Gohmert’s wives and those in Right to Life East Texas and see how quickly that law gets shut down. People can’t be punished for frivolousness… so why not? 🤷🏼‍♂️ (If it sounds petty and stupid, that’s because it is—as is the law)

Abortion is The Constitutional Right of The Woman to Choose what happens to Her body . It is Not The right of any Evangelist MALE CHOVENIST PIG to GOVERN. AFYER All He is Is not the perspn who is Suffering. STAY OUT of THE BEDROOM OF OTHERS. ( PERVERTS ) .

Sounds like there's a birthrate problem in that state.

Name one !!!

VoteBluePA Unfortunately this is believable and right on with their idealogy

Everyone should be an “abortion opponent”. Regardless.

These people will not listen to science, will they! Restricting someone from removing a parasite from their body is insanity! We need to remove these parasites both the unborn and those who oppose abortion from our society!

You will never stop abortions, and anyone who thinks overturning RvW will stop them is ignorant af and living in fantasy land. You'll only stop safe, legal abortions. People will still abort pregnancies they don't want, it will just be a back alley or with shit bought online.

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