granted in the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision. The high court did so in late June, allowing every state to implement its own abortion rules.Republicans have celebrated the new law as a win for life in a state that once had 50,000 abortions a year. But Democrats, who are hoping abortion rights will give them momentum in the November elections, have characterized the measure as an attack on a person’s right to make their own medical decisions..
The heartbeat bill imposes civil penalties of at least $10,000. The trigger ban includes both criminal and civil penalties, allowing Attorney General Ken Paxton to pursue no less than $100,000 in damages per offense. Texans seeking abortions must travel out of state, or potentially out of the country, if they want to obtain the procedure. That’s been the case in Texas since the Supreme Court overturned Roe, as abortion clinics — already offering limited services under the heartbeat bill — feared legal repercussions and closed their doors.
“Lower-income, working pregnant people are much more likely to be forced to carry their child to term than someone with greater means who could just fly and take time off to go out of state,” he said. “It's creating an income disparity and a class disparity in that regard.” Democrat Beto O’Rourke, who is challenging Gov. Greg Abbott, will host a press conference at 10 a.m. Thursday in Houston, where he’ll join women and physicians to denounce the governor’s “dangerous attacks on reproductive freedom.”
Abortion is ILLEGAL now. Look at all these racist Texans. Lol