Texas lawmakers on Wednesday approved sue civilians against abortion drug manufacturers, doctors and people who mail the drugs, setting it up as the first person to crack down on the state. The most common abortion methods.
The law is the first type in the United States, adding another layer of abortion restrictions in Texas.
The bill is now sent to Republican Gov. Greg Abbott. Greg Abbott is the enemy of abortion, who is expected to sign it into law. It will take effect in December, but it is almost certain to raise legal challenges from abortion rights advocates.
Supporters of the proposal, which passed the final vote in the GOP-controlled Texas Senate, have called it an important tool for enforcing the state’s ban and protecting women and fetuses. Opponents see it as not only an alternative way to curb abortion, but another way to intimidate non-Texas providers who are complying with state laws. They also say it would encourage a form of vigilance.
This measure would allow citizens to provide enforcement.
Under this measure, Texas residents were able to sues those who manufactured, transported or provided abortion inducing drugs for up to $100,000 to anyone in Texas. Women who receive tablets for their use are not responsible.
Under the invoice, the provider may be ordered to pay $100,000. However, only pregnant women, or men who were pregnant with her or other relatives, were able to collect the full amount. Anyone who sues can receive just $10,000, and the remaining $90,000 goes to charity.
Lawmakers also added language to address concerns that women would be submitted to end pregnancy by men who raped women and abusive partners. For example, a man who has conceived a woman through sexual assault is not eligible.
The measure includes provisions that the identity or medical details of a woman who received the pill can be made public.
Until those provisions were added, several major Texas abortion groups supported the bill, along with a limit on the $10,000 payments for people who were not injured by abortion.
Texas’ Rights, one of the state’s most prominent anti-abortion groups, calls it the “most powerful pro-life law” in the country.
“This trend kills tens of thousands of babies and hurts mothers a year, but today our laws have become a blueprint for the rest of the country,” said group president John Shego.
The idea of using citizens rather than government officials to enforce abortion bans is nothing new in Texas. It was in The heart of the 2021 law It cut abortions months before the U.S. Supreme Court made clear how other states’ bans would be enacted.
Under previous law, citizens could raise $10,000 to bring a successful lawsuit against a provider or someone who helped with an abortion. However, the measure was not expressly trying to chase out-of-state providers.
“This is an attempt to turn Texas abortion ban into a national abortion ban,” Sen. Carol Alvarado, a Democrat, said before the bill concluded its final vote. “If California or New York tries to impose gun laws or climate policy on Texas, this Congress will be furious.”
Abortion medications are proliferating even in prohibited places
Pills are a difficult topic for the enemy of abortion. They are Roev. Even before the 2022 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that overturned Wade and allowed the state to enforce an abortion ban, it was the most common abortion method in the United States.
They have been used even more widely since then. Their availability is a key reason for this The number of abortions is increasing Nationally, Texas and 11 other states have enforced abortion bans at all stages of pregnancy.
The pills have been partially flowing as at least eight democratically-led states have enacted laws that seek to protect healthcare providers from legal consequences when they use telehealth to prescribe tablets to women in states where abortion is illegal.
Texas is already in a legal battle over shield laws and abortion pills
Early this year Texas judge ordered New York doctors pay penalties of more than $100,000 to provide abortion medication to women in the Dallas area.
The same provider, Dr. Maggie Carpenter, faces criminal charges from Louisiana prosecutors over similar allegations.
The New York officials are Calling the state’s shield laws Block carpenter delivery and refuse to file a civil ruling.
If the High Court sids with Louisiana or Texas officials, it could damage the Shield Act.
meanwhile Texas Attorney General and Florida He has joined Idaho, Kansas and Missouri, and is about to approve the US Food and Drug Administration approval to court. It is one of the drugs that is usually used in combination for drug abortion, claiming there are safety concerns. They say that because of those concerns, they need more strict control.
If the state is successful, the drug could only be distributed directly, not by telehealth.
Major medical institutions including the American school of obstetrics and medicine I say the medicine is safe.
