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In the new Texas law, anyone can be a 'bounty hunter', suss out someone for having an abortion and turn them in for $10,000. ------------------- https://capit
by AftHurrahWinch 4y ago
In the new Texas law, anyone can be a 'bounty hunter', suss out someone for having an abortion and turn them in for $10,000.
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https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/pdf/SB00008F.pdf https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/pdf/SB00008F....
Sec.A171.208 CIVIL LIABILITY FOR VIOLATION OR AIDING OR ABETTING VIOLATION.
(a) Any person, other than an officer or employee of a state or local governmental entity in this state, may bring a civil action against any person who:
(1) performs or induces an abortion in violation of this subchapter;
(2) knowingly engages in conduct that aids or abets the performance or inducement of an abortion, including paying for or reimbursing the costs of an abortion through insurance or otherwise, if the abortion is performed or induced in violation of this subchapter, regardless of whether the person knew or should have known that the abortion would be performed or induced in violation of this subchapter; or
(3) intends to engage in the conduct described by Subdivision (1) or (2).
(b) If a claimant prevails in an action brought under this section, the court shall award:
(1) injunctive relief sufficient to prevent the defendant from violating this subchapter or engaging in acts that aid or abet violations of this subchapter;
(2) statutory damages in an amount of not less than $10,000 for each abortion that the defendant performed or induced in violation of this subchapter, and for each abortion performed or induced in violation of this subchapter that the defendant aided or abetted; and
(3) costs and attorney ’s fees.
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$10000 plus costs and attorney's fees? Woo, that's a real payday!
Turn in your cousin, your ex, your coworker and you've got a nice downpayment on a new car.
They don't even have to have had an abortion! You can get 'em just for "paying for or reimbursing the costs ...regardless of whether the person knew or should have known that the abortion would be performed"