The Failed Senate Abortion Bill Went Far Beyond Preserving Current Rights
Without citing any constitutional authority to dictate state abortion policies, the bill would have overridden regulations that have been upheld or have yet to be tested.
Without citing any constitutional authority to dictate state abortion policies, the bill would have overridden regulations that have been upheld or have yet to be tested.
The last 50 years have been marked by a remarkably stable social consensus balancing the rights of women and fetuses. Let's not throw that away.
Americans cannot be neatly divided into two sides, and they do not necessarily understand the implications of Roe v. Wade.
The abortion precedent has faced withering criticism, including damning appraisals by pro-choice legal scholars, for half a century.
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For libertarians who see unborn babies as innocent rights-bearing individuals, reducing the number of lives ended by abortion brings us closer to our credo.
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Abortion is likely to remain legal in most states, and workarounds will mitigate the effects of bans.
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Although a Texas Supreme Court ruling ended the main challenge to the law, other cases could ultimately block its enforcement.
But the bill is still a mess.
The experience in Texas shows that workarounds pose daunting obstacles to such laws.
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Federal regulators have permanently lifted a requirement that mifepristone be dispensed in person.
Gavin Newsom is exploring legislation to authorize private civil actions against people who sell "assault weapons" or gun kits.
The Court allowed claims against health care regulators to proceed, but that will not prevent the private civil actions authorized by the law.
District Court Judge David Peeples focused on the law's "unique and unprecedented" enforcement mechanism rather than abortion rights.
Harvey, who died last week, dedicated his life to supporting human pleasure along with the power to manage it responsibly.
The justices may find it difficult to uphold Mississippi's abortion ban without overturning Roe v. Wade.
The "viability" rule is arbitrary. So are the alternatives.
Even justices who take a dim view of Roe v. Wade recognize the law’s chilling implications.
The actual number of abortions that S.B. 8 prevented by the end of September may be closer to 500 than 3,000.
The experience with the Texas Heartbeat Act offers a preview of what that means.
S.B. 8 allows lawsuits against people who perform prohibited abortions even if they relied on a court's determination that the law is unconstitutional.
In a prior case challenging the law, the 5th Circuit said state judges were not appropriate defendants.
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Alan Braid says he broke the law, which prohibits the vast majority of abortions, to make sure it would be tested in court.
Meanwhile, the threat posed by the lawsuits that S.B. 8 authorizes has dramatically curtailed access to abortion in Texas.
S.B. 8 relies on litigation tricks that conservatives have long condemned as a threat to the rule of law.
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Because the Supreme Court so far has not intervened, post-heartbeat abortions are now illegal in the Lone Star State.
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