SB8 has laid the groundwork for a legal Wild West that would all but force every abortion provider in the state to shut down immediately for fear of being overwhelmed with expensive ongoing courtroom battles
decision of 1973 went into effect after the Supreme Court failed to act on a request to block it. Texas’s Senate Bill 8, or S.B. 8, effectively bans abortions after six weeks for all but those in a life-threatening condition, making no exceptions in cases of rape or incest. It marks the latest chapter in an ongoing battle over reproductive rights within a state where abortion access is already severely limited.
While the ruling has much in common with other so-called heartbeat bills , the significance of S.B. 8 lies in its legal intricacies, which prevent abortion providers from fighting back. Instead of relying on the government to enforce the law, private citizens are able to sue any organization, or even any individual, that has helped anyone to get an abortion, whether they know them personally or not.
According to a study by the Guttmacher Institute, a reproductive-rights organization, the decision is anticipated to change the average distance an abortion patient in Texas must travel from 12 miles to 248. As with most anti-abortion laws, it will disproportionately affect Black, Latinx, and lower-income patients, given the time and resources needed to travel out of state in order to find an abortion clinic.
Another key element of the furor around S.B. 8 lies in the Supreme Court’s failure to act before the law took effect today. It offers a worrying insight into the future of abortion access in America and the much-discussed potential unraveling of.
For information on how to petition against the law or to support organizations and abortion-fund groups that will help patients leave Texas in order to receive care, you can find resources
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