The Briefing Room
General Category => Politics/Government => Topic started by: libertybele on September 10, 2021, 09:58:53 pm
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If all 6 are able to pass a similar bill, then I think SCOTUS will be forced to rule, OR the Dems will leave things as they are.
Six States Look to Introduce Anti-Abortion Bills Similar to Texas’
Lawmakers in at least six states are looking to replicate Texas’ Heartbeat Law, which prevents abortions after a fetal heartbeat is detected, reported the Associated Press.
In 2013, North Dakota was the first state to pass a heartbeat law, but the Supreme Court permanently blocked the legislation in 2016 after “refusing to review a lower court’s ruling that overturned the law,” wrote NPR.
The Texas legislation, however, relies on civil enforcement, not on government bureaucrats or officials. Citizens can file civil law suits against anyone who allegedly performs or aids an abortion that breaks the new law, reads the legislation.
A case attempting to block Texas’ heartbeat law was denied in the Supreme Court last Wednesday, allowing it to go into effect. However, this decision “in no way limits other procedurally proper challenges to the Texas law,” the Court wrote.
“When the Supreme Court goes out and makes a decision like this, it clearly is going to send a signal to all the states that are interested in banning abortions or making it more restrictive to have an abortion in their state. It’s certainly going to make us take a look at those issues,” Florida state Senate President Wilton Simpson (R) told NBC affiliate WLFA.
Republican lawmakers in Mississippi, Arkansas, Florida, Indiana, North Dakota, and South Dakota are all considering creating bills patterned after Texas’ new law, according to the Associated Press.............
https://www.cnsnews.com/article/national/megan-williams/six-states-look-introduce-anti-abortion-bills-similar-texas