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A growing number of GOP state legislators across the country are trying to get around the Supreme Court precedent that legalized abortion by following the lead of Texas.
Women rights activists hold up signs as they gather at Freedom Plaza.
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South Dakota and Texas both ban abortions after six weeks, but private citizens can file lawsuits against anyone who aided or abetted an abortion for at least $10,000 in damages.
The bill was announced two weeks after the Arizona legislature passed a bill banning abortions after six weeks.
In December, legislators in Missouri, Alabama and Arkansas filed legislation that mirrored the Texas law that restricts abortions to six weeks if the mother's life is at risk.
The first bill to be copied was introduced in September by a Florida lawmaker.
In November, Ohio lawmakers introduced a bill that would ban all abortions.
Will the Texas law hold up in court? The Texas Supreme Court is considering a lawsuit brought by abortion providers, though the U.S. Supreme Court limited the case to certain defendants. It is not clear when the case will be resolved. The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals sent the case to the Texas Supreme Court after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of abortion providers. The Supreme Court denied the abortion providers' request to send the case directly to the district court.
Chief critic.
The Supreme Court's supermajority hostile to reproductive freedom is emboldening anti-choice extremists in Arkansas, Alabama, and other states across the country.
It's called Tangent.
The Texas law's lawsuit provision could be used to get around federal protections for gun rights or same-sex couples, as opponents of the law have argued.
There is a key background.
On September 1st, the most restrictive abortion law in the US went into effect, banning nearly all abortions in the state. More than 100 state abortion restrictions have been enacted this year alone, with the Guttmacher Institute reporting that the Texas law is part of a broader effort by Republican state lawmakers to limit or ban abortion. While other abortion bans have been struck down in court, the lawsuit mechanism of the law makes it harder for the courts to scrutinize it. When the law went into effect, the Supreme Court decided it was too soon to challenge the law, and a district court judge issued an injunction blocking the law, but it only lasted for two days before an appeals court blocked it.
We don't know what we don't know.
It will soon be necessary to legally restrict abortion because of the provisions of the copycat bills. The Supreme Court is considering whether to uphold Mississippi's 15-week abortion ban or allow prohibitions on abortion even before a fetus is viable. The court's conservative justices signaled during oral arguments in the case December 1 that they were likely to side with Mississippi, which could pave the way for states to ban or restrict abortion without needing provisions that would help get around the courts. A decision in the Mississippi case won't be made for several months, but will be released by the time the Supreme Court term ends in June.
Here is why Texas abortion law could kill the case.
The Ohio bill copied the Texas abortion ban. Here are the states that could be next. (Forbes)
A Florida lawmaker has introduced a copy of Texas abortion law.
Conservative Supreme Court Justices are willing to rule against the law.
The new Texas abortion law is a model for other states.
How Americans Really Feel About Abortion: The Sometimes Surprising Poll Results.
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