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Really? A state law preventing abortion after 6 weeks will somehow restrict speech online about abortion... Sure.

• addicted 5y ago
  The state law doesn’t just prevent abortion. It also punishes “aiding or abetting” abortion. It’s very easy to see how online education about abortion aids abortion.
  • HelixEndeavor 5y ago
    And if that information is hosted in another state? Or even another country? The only possible way this could apply or make sense is if all your abortion resources are hosted on servers in Texas, they all get taken down by the state, and then the state institutes China/Korea style IP bans to prevent you from visiting any other possible abortion info site. Which, considering Texas' entire legislation combined probably wouldn't be able to figure out how to write a Hello World program, I don't see happening.
    • mattzito 5y ago
      It’s not only not limited to Texas, you can be sued if your acts aided or abetted an abortion IN Texas. It’s also retroactive, so if you can show that someone used a website at any point to help them get an abortion, you have at least the nominal structure to sue. If you win, you win your legal costs plus 10k. If you lose, the defendant can’t sue you back to recover the legal costs.
      • MandieD 5y ago
        And you have to defend against the case wherever it’s filed - ever tried getting to Lufkin or Marfa from the East Coast?
  • redler 5y ago
    Not just aiding and abetting. Also “anyone who intends to engage in the conduct”. That is, literal thoughtcrime. Literal pre-crime.