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26. ...Braid is expected to face a barrage of lawsuits, The Post reported. Texas Right to Life legislati

Sun Sep 19, 2021, 08:50 AM

Sep 2021

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/texas/2021/09/18/texas-doctor-says-he-performed-an-abortion-thats-illegal-under-sb-8-in-order-to-test-laws-legality/

.....................Braid is expected to face a barrage of lawsuits, The Post reported. Texas Right to Life legislative director John Seago said the group “is exploring all of our options to hold anyone accountable who breaks the [Texas] law,” the newspaper reported.

“This was always something that we expected — that someone would essentially try to bait a lawsuit,” the newspaper quoted him as saying. “So we’re just moving into the next phase of Senate Bill 8 right now.”

But Kristin Ford, acting vice president of communications for the abortion rights advocacy group NARAL Pro-Choice America, praised the doctor for coming forward in a “bold and brave way,” The Post reported.

“Roe v. Wade has been rendered meaningless in the second-biggest state in the country, and we can’t continue in that limbo,” she was quoted as saying...............................

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Texas doctor says he violated nation's most restrictive abortion law to challenge it [View all] pnwmom Sep 2021 OP

Courage personified. ret5hd Sep 2021 #1

what a brave man. I hope his attempts to undo this wrong don't end up with him in prison Takket Sep 2021 #2

This is not a criminal offense. It is a civil lawsuit. He will not go to prison. vsrazdem Sep 2021 #10

or worse yet DENVERPOPS Sep 2021 #18

No, it was always a sham law, no one will dare sue him. Jon King Sep 2021 #21

Can you explain "expose themselves to cross suits", please? muriel_volestrangler Sep 2021 #25

GOOD MAN Leghorn21 Sep 2021 #3

+1. n/t iluvtennis Sep 2021 #8

I'd love to see other Texas OB/GYN's do the same thing. Paladin Sep 2021 #4

Brave man. sheshe2 Sep 2021 #5

Good man, modern day John Scopes. I offered my classroom to challenge Arizona's CRT law AZLD4Candidate Sep 2021 #6

I respect his bravery BoycottTimHortons Sep 2021 #7

I hope he owns some good body armor and a gun NickB79 Sep 2021 #9

Yes, now the REAL vigilantes start coming out. SergeStorms Sep 2021 #13

this dr. is my hero right now and good for him. AllaN01Bear Sep 2021 #11

Thank you, Dr. Braid. niyad Sep 2021 #12

Maybe he can collect the $10k bounty JohnnyRingo Sep 2021 #14

K&R n/t Moebym Sep 2021 #15

K & R SunSeeker Sep 2021 #16

K&R Solly Mack Sep 2021 #17

He called their bluff, I have always said no one will ever bring a case. Jon King Sep 2021 #19

A big, fat K&R! CaliforniaPeggy Sep 2021 #20

Mark my words, no 'private citizen' will ever file a case. Jon King Sep 2021 #22

This just became known yesterday LeftInTX Sep 2021 #29

By stepping forward on his own, does he get the $10,000 bounty on himself? Bucky Sep 2021 #23

The Center for Reproductive Rights is representing him. n/t pnwmom Sep 2021 #24

...Braid is expected to face a barrage of lawsuits, The Post reported. Texas Right to Life legislati riversedge Sep 2021 #26

He reminds me of our own Doctor Henry Morgentaler LiberalLovinLug Sep 2021 #27

Thank You Dr and Good Luck. electric_blue68 Sep 2021 #28