While at least 10 states consider bills copying Texas S.B. 8., lawsuits filed last week by two Texas abortion funds provide new hope for restoring abortion access in the state. CarrieNBaker reports:
, in two different Texas district courts. The lawsuits ask the courts to declare S.B. 8, the Texas six-week abortion ban, unconstitutional and to block the defendants from enforcing the law.abortion providers’ lawsuits challenging the constitutionality of S.B. 8, but these four lawsuits filed last week provide new hope for restoring abortion access in the state.
TEA Fund and Lilith Fund raise money and help low-income patients seeking abortion care in Texas and other states. The lawsuits came after Weldon and Maxwellagainst the two funds in February seeking to question their leaders about how they have helped people obtain abortions since S.B. 8 went into effect. Weldon and Maxwell are represented by Jonathan Mitchell, the architect of S.B. 8 and a former solicitor general for Texas; state Sen.
These attacks against our fund are meant to stigmatize funding abortion and prevent us from supporting Texans seeking care.On Twitter, Tom Brejcha, president and chief counsel of the Thomas More Society,
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