Immoral ACLU Files Emergency Petition with SCOTUS to Stop Texas Abortion Law

A coalition of abortion providers, health care advocates and civil libertarians filed an emergency petition with the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday asking it to block Texas’s ban on abortions after six weeks.

Lone Star State legislators recently passed S.B. 8, on an all-but party line vote with only one Democratic Party defection in favor of the bill. The restrictive measure is scheduled to take effect Sept. 1 after the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals denied a request to enjoin the law on Sunday.

The Texas Heartbeat Act forces medical providers to look for the heartbeat of a fetus before performing an abortion and provides, specifically, that “a physician may not knowingly perform or induce an abortion on a pregnant woman unless the physician has determined, in accordance with this section, whether the woman’s unborn child has a detectable fetal heartbeat.”

Additionally, the law allows any member of the public to file a lawsuit against a woman’s physician or anyone else who “knowingly engages in conduct that aids or abets the performance or inducement of an abortion, including paying for or reimbursing the costs of an abortion through insurance or otherwise.”

“S.B. 8 bans abortion after six weeks into a pregnancy – before most people even know they’re pregnant – and creates a bounty hunting scheme that encourages the general public to bring costly and harassing lawsuits against anyone who they believe has violated the ban,” the American Civil Liberties Union said in a press release announcing the high court petition. “Anyone who successfully sues a health center worker, an abortion provider, or any person who helps someone access an abortion after six weeks will be rewarded with at least $10,000, to be paid by the person sued. Lawsuits may be filed against a broad range of people, including: a person who drives their friend to obtain an abortion; abortion funds providing financial assistance to patients; health center staff; and even a member of the clergy who assists an abortion patient.”

According to the ACLU, the law will affect some 85 to 90 percent of the people who obtain abortions in Texas.

In their Monday emergency request, the plaintiffs argue that an injunction is necessary to maintain current clearly established legal norms as they relate both to abortion law and civil litigation.

.https://lawandcrime.com/abortion/aclu-files-emergency-petition-with-scotus-to-stop-texas-abortion-law-that-allows-anyone-to-sue-doctors/

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Immoral ACLU Files Emergency Petition with SCOTUS to Stop Texas Abortion Law

Immoral ACLU Files Emergency Petition with SCOTUS to Stop Texas Abortion Law

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