Supporters of #SB8 have long insisted that it didn't punish the pregnant woman, just those who *facilitated* abortions.
But by barring medically supervised abortions after six weeks, it forces those who can't travel to self-induce, which opens the door to prosecutions like this.
But by barring medically supervised abortions after six weeks, it forces those who can't travel to self-induce, which opens the door to prosecutions like this.
https://twitter.com/0liviajulianna/status/1512617332908216336
In other words, this is not a prosecution *under* SB8, but it sure as heck is a prosecution *because of* SB8.
And it's an incredibly ominous harbinger of what the world will look like far beyond Texas if #SCOTUS overrules Roe.
And it's an incredibly ominous harbinger of what the world will look like far beyond Texas if #SCOTUS overrules Roe.
As @thewindingchain points out, the Texas murder statute "does not apply to the death of an unborn child if the conduct charged is . . . conduct committed by the mother of the unborn child."
So either the prosecutors are causing trouble, or they're using a different theory here:
So either the prosecutors are causing trouble, or they're using a different theory here:
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