Abortion-rights groups file federal lawsuit to block Texas law that would allow anyone to sue
Source: Business Insider
abortion providers after 6 weeks
Several abortion-rights groups and providers filed a federal lawsuit on Tuesday to block a Texas law that would allow people to sue abortion clinics, doctors, and anyone else helping someone get an abortion in the state after six weeks.
The law, signed by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott in May and set to take effect in September, invites private citizens, even those outside of Texas, to help enforce the state's six-week abortion ban, awarding them with at least $10,000 per each successful court challenge.
The law will "incentivize anyone who disapproves of a patient's abortion - a relative, an abusive partner, or even a stranger - to sue the provider and obtain a court order stopping the abortion," the group of plaintiffs, including the Center for Reproductive Rights, Planned Parenthood Federation of America, the American Civil Liberties Union, along with several abortion providers, said in a press release.
The groups argue that the law violates "constitutional right to privacy and liberty as established by Roe v. Wade," the landmark Supreme Court decision that granted the right to abortion almost 50 years ago.
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rpannier
(24,329 posts)JenniferJuniper
(4,510 posts)damn victim had no right to abort his embryo. He must be compensated!
I can't believe this is the United States...
TexasBushwhacker
(20,170 posts)If it is not stopped, this law will go into effect September 1st.
jmowreader
(50,552 posts)The law as it stands says a person who has no connection to the case save being offended by the abortion can sue to get it stopped. Well children, theres this thing called Standing. Being offended that someone three states away who you dont even know is getting an abortion doesnt constitute standing. They wont let me sue Greg Abbott for being a troglodyte because (1) I dont live in Texas and (2) being a troglodyte isnt an actionable tort. But mostly because of (1).
MissMillie
(38,548 posts)Last edited Fri Jul 16, 2021, 12:20 PM - Edit history (1)
I agree with everything you said under normal circumstances. I'm just wondering if the law is designed to prevent the argument you just made by providing standing to those who didn't have it before.
In which case, I'd argue against the law on the grounds that those who didn't have standing before this law, shouldn't have it--ever--because of the 4th Amendment (which guarantees that the right to be "secure in their persons." )