Progressive prosecutors around the U.S. are declaring they won’t enforce some of the most restrictive and punitive anti-abortion laws that GOP-led states have...
Among those taking the pledge are 5 DAs in Texas, where enforcement of new restrictions is left to citizens.
over whom to charge with crimes. Currently, it’s not unusual for prosecutors elected in Democratic counties to voice their resistance to bringing charges under various GOP-backed mandates— ranging from voting restrictions, limits on certain protest activity, laws aimed at LGBTQ people, and restrictions on mask requirements throughout the COVID-19 outbreak.
The law, which makes it a crime to assist in an abortion, has had no practical effect for decades since abortion was legalized nationwide. Funk’s longtime resistance to enforcing the state’s abortion laws, as well as several others, has already sparked pushback from Tennessee Republican leaders. Late last year, the General Assembly passed a law allowing the attorney general to intervene in local cases — which includes abortion charges. The law permits the state’s legal chief to ask the Tennessee Supreme Court to appoint a temporary prosecutor when the district attorney has “peremptorily and categorically” refused to charge a case.
The other Texas district attorneys who signed the abortion non-prosecution statement are José Garza from Travis County, Joe Gonzales from Bexar County, Mark Gonzalez from Nueces County and Brian Middleton from Fort Bend County.
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