The legislation, formerly Senate Bill 8, bans abortion after six weeks and allows citizens to sue providers
, as well as anyone who “facilitates” an abortion after six weeks, which includes driving someone to a clinic to get the procedure. If convicted, the guilty party will have to pay the person who successfully brought the suit to courtsystem that will largely be enforced by anti-abortion advocations.
On Monday, a group of abortion providers including Planned Parenthood and the American Civil Liberties Union filed a request to Justice Samuel Alito asking that the Supreme Court block the bill before it became law, arguing that it “would immediately and catastrophically reduce abortion access in Texas, barring care for at least 85% of Texas abortion patients.” Just after midnight on Wednesday, the court decided not to intervene.
“We provide abortion out of love and compassion for Texans. We believe in our patients and their futures. We are proud to be Texas abortion providers and there is no law that will ever take that away from us,” said Amy Hagstrom Miller, CEO of Texas-based abortion provider Whole Woma
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