Breaking: AG Garland announces DOJ will protect women seeking an abortion in Texas

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64. What people are missing

Is that this announcement is not just about protecting women from the specific provisions of the new Texas law. DOJ surely knows - as we all should know - that this new law signaled that women in Texas are fair game and are in danger of violence and intimidation, not necessarily stemming from direct enforcement of the new law. The fact that the new law is supposedly aimed at people who help women seeking abortions and not the women themselves is beside the point The women ARE the target and the point is to prevent them from obtaining abortions and having autonomy over their own bodies. That now-state-sanctioned goal will be pursued through many means, not just civil lawsuits.

Texas has declared open season on women and Garland and DOJ are getting out in front and warning the state and its inhabitants that DOJ will fully enforce federal law to protect women from abortion-related violence. If he had not said anything and violence against women and abortion providers ensued, Garland would have been attacked for not getting in front of the issue.

The point of this announcement is to try to DETER and PREVENT violence, not just to prosecute it after it was committed - since every prosecution represents a harm already inflicted.