Texas’ abortion bounty law, Sb 8, put an end to virtually all abortions in the state when it took effect in September 2021. Even though it carries no criminal penalties, the threat of expensive and time-consuming civil lawsuits was enough to scare most of the state’s providers into compliance with the extreme law, which bans abortion after 6 weeks gestation. Most providers, but not all: A week after the law took effect last year, Dr. Alan Braid, an ob-gyn who’d practiced in Texas for more than 45 years, declared in a Washington...
- 12/9/2022
- by Tessa Stuart
- Rollingstone.com
What do these three people have in common: a disbarred Arkansas attorney under federal house arrest for tax evasion; another disbarred attorney, this one from Illinois, who lost his license for harassing and threatening other lawyers; and an attempted fire bomber from Kansas who served time in federal prison for conspiracy? Here’s the answer: All three of them have heeded Texas’s call for legal anarchy and filed complaints against a San Antonio abortion provider for violating SB8, the state’s ban on post-6 week abortions.
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- 9/22/2021
- by David S. Cohen
- Rollingstone.com
The hosts of “The View” once again discussed Texas’ restrictive abortion law on Tuesday, reiterating their belief that it goes too far. But for conservative guest host Carly Fiorina, it’s not surprising at all; it’s just politics.
The panel of women returned to the topic in light of the first casualty of the law’s deputization of private citizens. Dr. Alan Braid, who publicly admitted he performed an abortion in defiance of the state’s ban, is being sued by two people — one in Arkansas and one in Illinois.
For the “View” hosts, the lawsuits are exactly what they feared, especially because they’re coming from two people who don’t even live in the state. The women marveled at the fact that the law is still standing, before former GOP presidential candidate Carly Fiorina — who is guest-hosting this week — gave them a bit of political insight.
“Having gotten involved in politics,...
The panel of women returned to the topic in light of the first casualty of the law’s deputization of private citizens. Dr. Alan Braid, who publicly admitted he performed an abortion in defiance of the state’s ban, is being sued by two people — one in Arkansas and one in Illinois.
For the “View” hosts, the lawsuits are exactly what they feared, especially because they’re coming from two people who don’t even live in the state. The women marveled at the fact that the law is still standing, before former GOP presidential candidate Carly Fiorina — who is guest-hosting this week — gave them a bit of political insight.
“Having gotten involved in politics,...
- 9/21/2021
- by Andi Ortiz
- The Wrap
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