Editorial: Texas is about to turn private citizens into anti-abortion vigilantes
by The Times Editorial Board, Los Angeles Times
Aug 31, 2021
3 minutes
A horrendous new Texas law scheduled to go into effect Wednesday would ban abortion when a fetal heartbeat is detected —typically around six weeks of gestation — and turn individuals into anti-abortion vigilantes by empowering them to file civil suits against anyone who provided an abortion or helped procure one.
Lawyers for a group of abortion clinics, doctors and advocates asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday to block the law, at least temporarily, pending a legal
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