A group of nonprofits that help people get abortions are threatening to sue after state Rep. Briscoe Cain called them 'criminal organizations' on social media. txlege
State Rep. Briscoe Cain, R-Deer Park, sent cease-and-desist letters to eight abortion funds earlier this month, ordering them to “immediately stop paying for abortions performed in Texas or face criminal prosecution.”, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news.
The state representative notes in his letter that the law was never repealed and that the Legislature reaffirmed the statute when it passed its ban on abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy., specifically notes that “the legislature finds that the State of Texas never repealed, either expressly or by implication, the state statutes enacted before the ruling in Roe v. Wade.”
Texas’ original abortion statutes do remain on the books, but were found to be unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court in Roe v. Wade in 1973. The next year, Texas Attorney General John L. Hillthat “there presently are no effective statues of the State of Texas against abortion.” Ecklund and her firm, Thompson Coburn, are representing the abortion funds in an ongoing state lawsuit challenging Texas’ ban on abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy. A state judgeEarlier this month, two of the abortion fundsagainst two anti-abortion groups, a move legal experts believe may have a strong chance of blocking the law.
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