Texas man files legal action to probe ex-partner's out-of-state abortion

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Source: Washington Post

Texas man files legal action to probe ex-partner’s out-of-state abortion
The previously unreported petition reflects a potential new antiabortion strategy to block women from ending their pregnancies in states where abortion is legal.

By Caroline Kitchener
May 3, 2024 at 5:00 a.m. EDT

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As soon as Collin Davis found out his ex-partner was planning to travel to Colorado to have an abortion in late February, the Texas man retained a high-powered antiabortion attorney — who court records show immediately issued a legal threat. ... If the woman proceeded with the abortion, even in a state where the procedure remains legal, Davis would seek a full investigation into the circumstances surrounding the abortion and “pursue wrongful-death claims against anyone involved in the killing of his unborn child,” the lawyer wrote in a letter, according to records.

Now, Davis has disclosed his former partner’s abortion to a state district court in Texas, asking for the power to investigate what his lawyer characterizes as potentially illegal activity in a state where almost all abortions are banned.

The previously unreported petition was submitted under an unusual legal mechanism often used in Texas to investigate suspected illegal actions before a lawsuit is filed. The petition claims Davis could sue either under the state’s wrongful-death statute or the novel Texas law known as Senate Bill 8 that allows private citizens to file suit against anyone who “aids or abets” an illegal abortion.

The decision to target an abortion that occurred outside of Texas represents a potential new strategy by antiabortion activists to achieve a goal many in the movement have been working toward since Roe v. Wade was overturned: stopping women from traveling out of state to end their pregnancies. Crossing state lines for abortion care remains legal nationwide. ... The case also illustrates the role that men who disapprove of their partners’ decisions could play in surfacing future cases that may violate abortion bans — either by filing their own civil lawsuits or by reporting the abortions to law enforcement.

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By Caroline Kitchener
Caroline Kitchener is a reporter covering abortion at The Washington Post. She won the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting. Twitter https://twitter.com/CAKitchener

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2024/05/03/texas-abortion-investigations/

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Hat tip, Joe.My.God.

Texas Woman In Legal Peril For Out-Of-State Abortion
https://www.joemygod.com/2024/05/texas-woman-in-legal-peril-for-out-of-state-abortion/
May 3, 2024 Politics, Republicans

[Lonestarblue]

1. Jonathan Mitchell, the lawyer who wrote the diabolical Texas abortion ban, is this guy's lawyer.

Collin Davis is the ex-partner of the women who had the out-of-state abortion, and it’s possible that he’s an ex because he’s abusive. Unless DNA tests were done on the aborted cells, there is no way for him to prove that he is even the father. Of course in Texas any vigilante can bring lawsuits against anyone providing aid to a woman who gets an abortion.

I cannot imagine that the SC would support the argument that a woman who has the legal right to travel to another state and then gets an abortion there can be prosecuted, which is the message this case is meant to send—to create so much fear that Texas women will just ignore their rights. The message is also that a rapist or a domestic abuser who impregnates a woman can take her to court if she gets an abortion because he has a right to his “unborn child.” The use of that language smacks of the fetal personhood laws that Republicans are drooling over because they would give all rights to a fetus and none to women. With such laws, miscarriages would be prosecuted as murders.

[Miguelito Loveless]

10. You do realize that

this Supreme Court is bought and paid for? If it gets to them, 6-3 in favor the of the abuser.

[LiberalFighter]

12. Colorado should pass a law to dismember

a male who attempts to prevent an abortion.

[canuckledragger]

2. Texas fascist, women hating laws only apply to Texas and no other state.

The misogynist, controlling asshole can go fuck himself.

[Bayard]

3. Who's to say its his kid?

And who informed him she was pregnant?

[Sucha NastyWoman]

5. And what is he doing having sex outside of marriage?

Fucking hypocrite.

[Voltaire2]

4. Dred Scott would like a word.

[SunSeeker]

6. Horrifying. nt

[LiberalFighter]

7. It is a shame the ex can't be prosecuted under Colorado laws.

[IA8IT]

8. Texas Asshole Man wants his Asshole status enshrined in halls of justice for eternity.

[Hekate]

9. We knew, we knew, we knew this would come to be

We knew, we knew, we knew this would come to be

[Daylily]

11. Deny, deny, deny.

I would refuse to comment and deny everything. There are privacy laws involving one’s medical records.

[DiverDave]

13. Im interested

In his ability to pay for a high priced lawyer.
AND if he got a large deposit in his bank account.
It always comes down to money.
He has no proof he has injury.
And, of course, to show woman that they have no power over their own body.
He's getting paid, by who, is a question I'd like answered.

[bluestarone]

14. Very good questions.

[ck4829]

15. Kick

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

16. women will keep pregnancies secret from partners

[okaawhatever]

18. And won't get necessary medical care. nt

[rockfordfile]

17. Both are idiots

"Texas man files legal action to probe ex-partner’s out-of-state abortion" ex-partner? Both are idiots. She got knocked up by a douche. Both are idiots.