Texas's SB8 abortion ban has been in effect for 100 days—and an abortion care crisis is mounting.
and ob-gyn in D.C. “This is unacceptable. … Access to abortions means access to creating the futures we want and need. Access to abortions means healthier families and communities.”
In early November, a state district judge heard arguments from abortion providers and advocates to block enforcement ofFor the first time, a judge was tasked to formally rule on the merits of the law and the constitutionality of the ban under both the Texas and U.S. Constitutions.
Briana McLennan, Texas Equal Access Fund social worker and We Testify abortion storyteller, at a press conference about the district court case brought by Texas abortion funds, providers and advocates challenging Texas’s near-total abortion ban. “I am bringing this lawsuit because nobody is above the law,” said Allison Van Stean, an individual plaintiff and attorney in the case, at a Wednesday press conference. “S.B. 8 is vague and overbroad, and it was intentionally calculated to try to prevent successful litigation. … I am a plaintiff in this suit because I am angry that the state of Texas conspired with anti-abortion groups to circumvent the law.
“Today is the first day since S.B. 8 went into effect that the people of Texas will be heard on this law,” said Anna Rupani, executive director of Fund Texas Choice, another plaintiff.Up until now, S.B. 8 has evaded judicial scrutiny due to a unique provision in the law that delegates enforcement of the law to private citizens—though
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