Doctor who violated Texas's ban on abortions after six weeks is sued, launching first test of whether law is constitutional washingtonpost.com/politics/court…
The details of the civil suit against Alan Braid are as unusual as the law itself, which empowers private citizens to enforce the ban on abortion once cardiac activity has been detected — often as early as six weeks into pregnancy. washingtonpost.com/politics/court…
Braid said last week that he provided an abortion to a woman who was in the early stages of pregnancy, but beyond the state’s limit.
Braid said he acted because of his duty as a doctor and “because she has a fundamental right to receive this care.” washingtonpost.com/national/texas…
Braid said he acted because of his duty as a doctor and “because she has a fundamental right to receive this care.” washingtonpost.com/national/texas…
“I fully understood that there could be legal consequences — but I wanted to make sure that Texas didn’t get away with its bid to prevent this blatantly unconstitutional law from being tested,” Braid wrote in a column in The Washington Post. washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/…
The plaintiff, a felon serving a federal sentence at home in Arkansas, said he filed the claim, not because of strongly held views about reproductive rights, but in part because of the $10,000 he could receive if the lawsuit is successful. washingtonpost.com/politics/court…
Braid has met with patients seeking abortions every day since the ban took effect on Sept. 1.
The Texas law bars abortion at a time when many women do not yet realize they are pregnant. There are no exceptions in the law for rape, sexual abuse or incest. washingtonpost.com/politics/court…
The Texas law bars abortion at a time when many women do not yet realize they are pregnant. There are no exceptions in the law for rape, sexual abuse or incest. washingtonpost.com/politics/court…
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