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5 Oct, 8 tweets, 4 min read
🚨 #TEXAS UPDATE: We just filed a lawsuit in defense of Dr. Alan Braid, the physician who provided abortion care to a Texas woman beyond the limit under the state’s abortion ban, #SB8.

This lawsuit also asks a federal court to strike down the unconstitutional ban.
In the 33 days that #SB8 has been in effect, abortion access has been decimated in #Texas, but Texans have not stopped needing and seeking abortion care. #BansOffOurBodies #AbortionIsEssential
“I have a duty of care to my patients and, in this instance, I provided that care in violation of #SB8. Every day it is in effect, #SB8 is harming the people of Texas and denying them their constitutional right to abortion, and it must be stopped.” —Dr. Alan Braid
“Dr. Braid filed suit today to stop the vigilante plaintiffs and get this extreme abortion ban declared unconstitutional once and for all...” —Nancy Northup, Center President and CEO
“...He should never have had to put himself at legal risk to provide constitutionally protected abortion care. This legal limbo has gone on long enough and needs to be stopped...” —Nancy Northup, Center President and CEO
“...This draconian law harms Texans every day, disproportionally impacting communities that already face discriminatory obstacles in health care, especially Black, Indigenous, and people of color, undocumented immigrants, those living on low incomes, and those in rural areas.”
Dr. Braid explains in an op-ed for the @washingtonpost why he violated Texas’s extreme abortion ban and provided his patient with essential health care: washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/…
Learn more about our filing today in defense of Dr. Braid:
#BansOffOurBodies
reproductiverights.org/center-for-rep…

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🚨 Not OK. 🚨

Today, a state court judge in #Oklahoma denied a request for a temporary injunction against several extreme abortion restrictions that will decimate access to abortion across the state and region. The laws take effect on November 1.

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30 Sep
HAPPENING NOW: The U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Reform is holding a hearing on the urgent need to protect and expand abortion rights and access.

🔴 Watch the hearing live:
“The right to abortion is rendered meaningless without access.” —@RepMaloney
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29 Sep
CASE UPDATE: Last night a federal judge granted our request to block part of a new Arizona abortion law just hours before it was set to take effect. The “reason ban” portion of the law will remain blocked while the case continues.
Arizona has existing abortion restrictions that make it harder for people to access care, including:
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❗A ban on the use of telemedicine for medication abortion services
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HAPPENING NOW: The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee is holding a hearing on the Supreme Court's shadow docket and the harms of Texas' unconstitutional abortion ban #SB8.

🔴 Watch this hearing live: judiciary.senate.gov/meetings/texas…
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