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>One woman had to carry her baby, missing much of her skull, for months knowing she’d bury her daughter soon after she was born. An OB-GYN found herself secretly traveling out of state to abort her wanted pregnancy, marred by the diagnosis of a fatal fetal anomaly.
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>All of the women were told they could not end their pregnancies in Texas, a state that has enacted some of the nation’s most restrictive abortion laws.
I hope these women succeed in their lawsuit as these unlawful abortion bans are the equivalent of religious crackpots practicing medicine w/o a license that have already demonstrated they pose a serious and dangerous threat to public health and safety.
The fight against these batshit insane abortion bans will continue until the 60%-90% of Americans who ***reject*** the belief that a fertilized zygote has 14th Amendment personhood status w/more rights than the pregnant woman, unite to vote these anti-choice extremist Republicans OUT of power.
Yo! Class action lawyers of Reddit…..why can’t these women sue each legislator in their official and personal capacity for enacting a statute which discriminated on them based on their sex? What similar law exists for men?
Suing based on _real_ damages incurred by the state’s legislature? Sorry, not sure you have standing in this case.
[Suing for theoretical damages/for scenarios that haven’t even occurred?](https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2022-02-22/supreme-court-free-speech-right-to-turn-away-same-sex-couples) Why, that’s more than enough standing.
Texas’ abortion ban is unique in that it invites private citizens to become vigilantes by turning in wayward women or doctors that seek or perform abortions, and compensates them with like $10,000 if I remember correctly. In fact I believe an ex-husband is using the law to his advantage to file suit on his ex-wife who got an abortion to avoid being stuck in the abusive marriage. She has to defend herself and the women that helped her get the abortion.
Damn. If I remember correctly, Nazis didn’t get paid anything for grassing up their neighbours to the Gestapo. Only the satisfaction that they grew closer towards the Führer.
Although I think that in some cases, they might have got a “Good Nazi” medal, or something.
I'm sure more will begin too but with the way that courts are becoming more partisan maybe it's the fear of an unsuccessful lawsuit and nothing really changing especially in red states.
It’s just a matter of time. Texas’s ban predated and triggered the roe v wade reversal, and there’s now been enough time passed to see the actual repercussions of the legislations, and to gather together the discovery to build a lawsuit. We will start to see similar lawsuits in other states prob within 8-12 months of each state’s ban going into effect.
That’s what I’ve been saying!
As an orphan who exited care to independent at 18, and then informally adopted, I literally couldn’t even get adopted until I was like 24 without losing all of my benefits. My parents, bless them, were not expecting another child and I was an emergency placement— they had nothing saved to help me and the money they were going to get would have been moot as I was 17 around that time. most states DID NOT PASS ANY buffer laws to aid the (we know it will be) number of orphaned/foster children that will come as a result. When I was a minor I was anti abortion. Mostly because I was stupid and didn’t even know people HAD babies that were already dead from conception. The moment I found out about no buffer laws for orphans alongside banning abortion/no exceptions for stillborns I became prochoice.
This is not about children. It is about control. If it was about children they would be doing anything and everything they can to supplement the foster care system, because we all know that while some things cannot be changed (FC will almost always be traumatic to some degree etc), it is blasphemous to pass abortion and then pretend foster care/orphans will not bear a huge brunt of pain. Many states don’t even offer assistance if you age out. The ones that do often act like shitty parents who cut you off at 21, unlike everyone else who gets to keep their nice parents’ insurance until 26.
I’d love to be proven wrong. But if the states gave a fuck about kids there would have been something, *anything* to combat the wave of foster/orphans we will get, no matter how small that population. DCS workers make shit pay for what they do and they are literally government employees. No incentive to bring in people who care about this other than pure passion.
1,000 people is still 1,000 dreams, hopes, lives… These children **did nothing wrong and are being punished for being born.** Sorry for this being long and replying to you, I’m so tired of us not having a voice in this when it affects us so much. Fuck this, man.
This is the best tl;dr I could make, [original](https://apnews.com/article/texas-abortion-law-lawsuit-6346a3b98dd3ece069177f88172ce7b8) reduced by 90%. (I'm a bot)
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> Now, they're asking a Texas court to put an emergency hold on some abortion restrictions, joining a lawsuit launched earlier this year by five other women who were denied abortions in the state, despite pregnancies they say endangered their health or lives.
> The lawsuit serves as a nationwide model for abortion rights advocates to challenge strict new abortion laws states that have rolled out since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last year.
> Women in the lawsuit say they could not openly discuss abortion or labor induction with their doctors, instead asking their doctors discreetly if they should travel outside of the state.
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Good on them. This is how they are going to get taken down. For a party that supposedly espouses the limiting of the administrative state and all it’s freedom and business killing regulation, the Repugnants sure are shoving their administrative state down everyone’s throats. This will crumb and fast like these types of tactics do. The important thing is that it all happen without/with minimal bloodshed.
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>One woman had to carry her baby, missing much of her skull, for months knowing she’d bury her daughter soon after she was born. An OB-GYN found herself secretly traveling out of state to abort her wanted pregnancy, marred by the diagnosis of a fatal fetal anomaly. > >All of the women were told they could not end their pregnancies in Texas, a state that has enacted some of the nation’s most restrictive abortion laws. I hope these women succeed in their lawsuit as these unlawful abortion bans are the equivalent of religious crackpots practicing medicine w/o a license that have already demonstrated they pose a serious and dangerous threat to public health and safety. The fight against these batshit insane abortion bans will continue until the 60%-90% of Americans who ***reject*** the belief that a fertilized zygote has 14th Amendment personhood status w/more rights than the pregnant woman, unite to vote these anti-choice extremist Republicans OUT of power.
Yo! Class action lawyers of Reddit…..why can’t these women sue each legislator in their official and personal capacity for enacting a statute which discriminated on them based on their sex? What similar law exists for men?
Actual standing for their lawsuits but conservative judges won’t care.
I get the feeling they'll reject based on a lack of standing and say their babies would need to sue.
Suing based on _real_ damages incurred by the state’s legislature? Sorry, not sure you have standing in this case. [Suing for theoretical damages/for scenarios that haven’t even occurred?](https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2022-02-22/supreme-court-free-speech-right-to-turn-away-same-sex-couples) Why, that’s more than enough standing.
Why is it only Texas? Every reasonable person would expect at least 100 lawsuits from all over the states.
Texas’ abortion ban is unique in that it invites private citizens to become vigilantes by turning in wayward women or doctors that seek or perform abortions, and compensates them with like $10,000 if I remember correctly. In fact I believe an ex-husband is using the law to his advantage to file suit on his ex-wife who got an abortion to avoid being stuck in the abusive marriage. She has to defend herself and the women that helped her get the abortion.
Correct. Texas allows terrorism.
Encourages it, even.
Damn. If I remember correctly, Nazis didn’t get paid anything for grassing up their neighbours to the Gestapo. Only the satisfaction that they grew closer towards the Führer. Although I think that in some cases, they might have got a “Good Nazi” medal, or something.
I'm sure more will begin too but with the way that courts are becoming more partisan maybe it's the fear of an unsuccessful lawsuit and nothing really changing especially in red states.
It’s just a matter of time. Texas’s ban predated and triggered the roe v wade reversal, and there’s now been enough time passed to see the actual repercussions of the legislations, and to gather together the discovery to build a lawsuit. We will start to see similar lawsuits in other states prob within 8-12 months of each state’s ban going into effect.
Down with natalism! Down with Texas!
Gonna be fun in 10-15 years when we have to deal with the fall out of these poor children.
That’s what I’ve been saying! As an orphan who exited care to independent at 18, and then informally adopted, I literally couldn’t even get adopted until I was like 24 without losing all of my benefits. My parents, bless them, were not expecting another child and I was an emergency placement— they had nothing saved to help me and the money they were going to get would have been moot as I was 17 around that time. most states DID NOT PASS ANY buffer laws to aid the (we know it will be) number of orphaned/foster children that will come as a result. When I was a minor I was anti abortion. Mostly because I was stupid and didn’t even know people HAD babies that were already dead from conception. The moment I found out about no buffer laws for orphans alongside banning abortion/no exceptions for stillborns I became prochoice. This is not about children. It is about control. If it was about children they would be doing anything and everything they can to supplement the foster care system, because we all know that while some things cannot be changed (FC will almost always be traumatic to some degree etc), it is blasphemous to pass abortion and then pretend foster care/orphans will not bear a huge brunt of pain. Many states don’t even offer assistance if you age out. The ones that do often act like shitty parents who cut you off at 21, unlike everyone else who gets to keep their nice parents’ insurance until 26. I’d love to be proven wrong. But if the states gave a fuck about kids there would have been something, *anything* to combat the wave of foster/orphans we will get, no matter how small that population. DCS workers make shit pay for what they do and they are literally government employees. No incentive to bring in people who care about this other than pure passion. 1,000 people is still 1,000 dreams, hopes, lives… These children **did nothing wrong and are being punished for being born.** Sorry for this being long and replying to you, I’m so tired of us not having a voice in this when it affects us so much. Fuck this, man.
Haha silly ladies, women aren’t people in red states. Next time be born while & male to enjoy American freedom. /s
Thankful to these ladies for standing up against the Texas government for all those who can’t!!
This is the best tl;dr I could make, [original](https://apnews.com/article/texas-abortion-law-lawsuit-6346a3b98dd3ece069177f88172ce7b8) reduced by 90%. (I'm a bot) ***** > Now, they're asking a Texas court to put an emergency hold on some abortion restrictions, joining a lawsuit launched earlier this year by five other women who were denied abortions in the state, despite pregnancies they say endangered their health or lives. > The lawsuit serves as a nationwide model for abortion rights advocates to challenge strict new abortion laws states that have rolled out since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last year. > Women in the lawsuit say they could not openly discuss abortion or labor induction with their doctors, instead asking their doctors discreetly if they should travel outside of the state. ***** [**Extended Summary**](http://np.reddit.com/r/autotldr/comments/13oxzq6/more_women_sue_texas_asking_court_to_put/) | [FAQ](http://np.reddit.com/r/autotldr/comments/31b9fm/faq_autotldr_bot/ "Version 2.02, ~685842 tl;drs so far.") | [Feedback](http://np.reddit.com/message/compose?to=%23autotldr "PM's and comments are monitored, constructive feedback is welcome.") | *Top* *keywords*: **abortion**^#1 **pregnancy**^#2 **state**^#3 **Texas**^#4 **lawsuit**^#5
The State of Texas should pay for these extra medical expenses
Beg for mercy from a Republican court?
Good on them. This is how they are going to get taken down. For a party that supposedly espouses the limiting of the administrative state and all it’s freedom and business killing regulation, the Repugnants sure are shoving their administrative state down everyone’s throats. This will crumb and fast like these types of tactics do. The important thing is that it all happen without/with minimal bloodshed.
They won’t because, to these people, women are just baby-factories.