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Just waiting for that batshit bounty law (in Texas) to spread to other states. Basically, any citizen can sue anyone if they suspect aiding or abetting an abort

Just waiting for that batshit bounty law (in Texas) to spread to other states. Basically, any citizen can sue anyone if they suspect aiding or abetting an abortion. There are seemingly no recourses either, for the defendant. If successful, the plaintiff can be awarded up to $10k - therefore a bounty law. So by that logic, you should be able to sue the owner of a website - as long as it is within the state, because they're aiding and abetting a person with her abortion, by providing the knowledge?

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bedast 4y ago
The bounty law was implemented while Roe v Wade was in effect. Texas also passed a trigger law that, essentially, supersedes the bounty law by changing it from a civil matter to a criminal matter. Since SCOTUS overturned Roe v Wade, the trigger law goes into effect. Prior to SCOTUS overturning Roe v Wade, other states were preparing their own bounty laws. I believe those have since been abandoned in favor of criminalizing abortion after overturning Roe v Wade. So I don't think we're going to see dedicated bounty laws, though bounties may be built into anti-abortion laws going into criminal code.
- SauciestGNU 4y ago
  If bounties are ok for constitutionally protected rights (which abortion was when the bounty law was upheld), what's to stop blue jurisdictions from placing bounties on behaviors such as voting for Republicans or attending church? It's not a path we want to go down as a society, but we absolutely must defend ourselves from theocratic fascists.
- dragonwriter 4y ago
  > Texas also passed a trigger law that, essentially, supersedes the bounty law by changing it from a civil matter to a criminal matter. False. The trigger law does not supersede the bounty law, it complements it. Acts can be torts and crimes simultaneously, and when they are both, they can be pursued as either or both.

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bedast 4y ago

The bounty law was implemented while Roe v Wade was in effect. Texas also passed a trigger law that, essentially, supersedes the bounty law by changing it from a civil matter to a criminal matter. Since SCOTUS overturned Roe v Wade, the trigger law goes into effect. Prior to SCOTUS overturning Roe v Wade, other states were preparing their own bounty laws. I believe those have since been abandoned in favor of criminalizing abortion after overturning Roe v Wade. So I don't think we're going to see dedicated bounty laws, though bounties may be built into anti-abortion laws going into criminal code.

SauciestGNU 4y ago
If bounties are ok for constitutionally protected rights (which abortion was when the bounty law was upheld), what's to stop blue jurisdictions from placing bounties on behaviors such as voting for Republicans or attending church? It's not a path we want to go down as a society, but we absolutely must defend ourselves from theocratic fascists.
dragonwriter 4y ago
> Texas also passed a trigger law that, essentially, supersedes the bounty law by changing it from a civil matter to a criminal matter. False. The trigger law does not supersede the bounty law, it complements it. Acts can be torts and crimes simultaneously, and when they are both, they can be pursued as either or both.