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Related: About this forumPlanned Parenthood drops challenge to Lubbock's abortion ban
by Eleanor Klibanoff, Texas TribuneWhen the idea of banning abortion in Lubbock first came up, the city council declined to take it up, arguing the proposal conflicted with state law and federal court precedent.
Residents passed the ordinance through a ballot initiative anyway in May 2021, empowering private citizens, rather than public officials, to bring lawsuits against anyone who assists someone getting an abortion, like by driving them to a clinic which the ordinance refers to as aiding or abetting.
The ordinance was immediately challenged in court. But now, eight months later, Planned Parenthood has dropped that legal challenge, saying it is clear we cannot depend on the courts to protect our constitutional rights.
It is the latest sign of how the legal protections for abortion have been weakened over the last year, thanks to a more conservative U.S. Supreme Court and a legal loophole identified by Texas politicians.
Read more: https://www.texastribune.org/2022/01/25/planned-parenthood-appeal-lubbock-abortion/
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Planned Parenthood drops challenge to Lubbock's abortion ban (Original Post)
TexasTowelie
Jan 2022
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Woodswalker
(549 posts)1. The courts are breaking down
In America along with everything else
jimfields33
(15,759 posts)2. The residents voted for this.
That is shocking to be honest.
Busterscruggs
(448 posts)3. On the bright side
The coat hanger factory is having a booming year/ sarc
Lovie777
(12,226 posts)4. What could wrong? . .
private citizen vigilantes. Texas and other red states are going to be in a world of hurt dealing with this. Family vs. family, neighbors vs. neighbors, friends vs. friends, people who hate each prone for falsehood against each other, etc.