Starting Tomorrow, 'Roe v. Wade' Will Functionally Cease to Exist in Texas

[Bleacher Creature]

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Here's the key point:

The law stipulates that any US citizen can sue a Texas abortion provider, or sue a person suspected of “aiding or abetting” abortion services. The plaintiffs don’t even have to be residents of Texas to sue Texans suspected of helping people make private choices. Should the lawsuit prevail, the person who brought the suit will receive $10,000, plus attorney fees. Texas has created a cash incentive to haul not just doctors and nurses into court, but also lawyers, reproductive rights counselors, and even receptionists.

[Irish_Dem]

1. Therapists talking with pregnant patients would be at risk too.

People who want to make $10K a lawsuit will be looking for big paydays now.

[littlemissmartypants]

2. I don't know what to say. nt

[dalton99a]

3. Indeed.

[DURHAM D]

4. So it started and ends in Texas.

Where is Sarah Weddington when you need her?

[walkingman]

5. Texas is such an embarrassment to our nation. HIllbillies run this state.

[Texaswitchy]

6. Enough people do not vote state elections.

This is the result.

Young women took their hard earned rights for granted.

[stillcool]

7. it's so hard to sit with this...

the callous in me says it's Texas, who cares? The human in me weeps for my sisters, aunts, nieces, and to the mother I never had. She died from lymphoma. She was pregnant at the time, and was told pregnancy would accelerate her death. They treated her with cobalt and radiation. She died within a year of my birth. My existence does nothing to justify her death.

[roamer65]

8. So what if a Texas woman goes to Illinois for counseling and abortion?

Definitely a court case would ensue.

[Solly Mack]

9. K&R