So, the new law signed in Texas will ban abortion before 6 weeks, typical tradcon policy, nothing particularly exciting.
The exciting part is this - the law won't be enforced by the state, but instead puts legal liability on the providers of such services to be sued by literally anyone, regardless of their residency.
[Surprisingly, it's the BBC that has the least biased explanation of how exactly this will work.] (https://archive.is/AZJlN)
Unlike in other states, the Texas law does not let state officials enforce the ban. Anyone inside or outside the state instead now has the power to sue abortion providers - or anyone who could have helped a person to get the procedure - after the limit. They can seek up to $10,000 (£7,061) in damages per defendant.
The Texas Tribune reports that supporters of the bill hope this novel provision will trip up legal challenges to the legislation, as without state officials enforcing the ban, there will be nobody for pro-women's rights groups to sue.
This change from the usual tactics completely shuts down the traditional feminist tactic of overturning whatever annoys them through court cases backed by dirty money funds from the likes of the ACLU and the Melinda Gates Foundation. That would only exonerate each individual doctor, it wouldn't overturn the law. They'd be burning through cash until they run out trying to fight this by acquitting everyone.
If this works, it needs to be used against every single facet of female privilege, bankrupt their legal machine and end their tyranny.
The Future Isn't Female, if we use our power to stop it.
Thanks for giving attention to this.
I've been out of the weeds, and seeing all these headlines about the Right using the same tactics as the Left made me disillusioned. Titles such as "Governor forces schools to open" or "Governor bans mask mandates in stores", if taken at face values, just create problems down the line.
You need to give people the ability to make right or wrong decisions, so that they suffer alone and don't drag others down with them. Being correct is no excuse to be authoritarian.