Texas bans 'abortion' after 6th week of pregnancy, potential civil lawsuit storm nationwide
On September 1, 2021, the state of Texas in the United States enforced the ' Heartbeat Law' that prohibits abortion after the sixth week of pregnancy. Since the sixth week of pregnancy is the time when the majority of women are unaware of their pregnancy, it is expected that many women will miss the abortion period, and the law will not only be a direct stakeholder, but also 'I'. It has been reported that even the driver of a ride-sharing service carrying a woman heading to a medical institution for an abortion operation may be subject to civil lawsuits because she admits 'criminal charge'.
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Texas Abortion Ban: What It Means and What Happens Next: NPR
https://www.npr.org/2021/09/01/1033202132/texas-abortion-ban-what-happens-next
Texas Abortion Law: Questions and Answers --The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/01/health/texas-abortion-law-facts.html
New Texas Abortion Law Likely to Unleash a Torrent of Lawsuits Against Online Education, Advocacy and Other Speech | Electronic Frontier Foundation
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/09/new-texas-abortion-law-likely-unleash-torrent-lawsuits-against-online-education
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The Texas Heartbeat Act imposes criminal penalties for abortions after the sixth week of pregnancy when fetal heart sounds are detected. Not only are 85% of women seeking abortion pregnant for more than 6 weeks, but the law has no exceptions to rape or incest, so advocacy groups have been suspended by the Federal Supreme Court. But the Supreme Court dismissed the claim 5-4 on September 1. It will be enforced on the same date.
Not only has the Heartbeat Act become the 'strictest abortion rule in the United States' that overturns the Supreme Court's ruling, but the 'private prosecution' provisions of the Act are also a hot topic. The law stipulates that a third party can claim damages of 10,000 dollars (about 1.1 million yen) against 'a person who was intentionally involved in an act that promotes the execution or induction of an abortion'. According to this definition, not only medical institutions that provide abortion surgery, but also search services such as Google that provide information on abortion surgery and ride-sharing service drivers with women heading to medical institutions for abortion surgery. It has been reported that Internet service providers that provide the communication itself can be subject to civil lawsuits as 'abortion aids'.
Since the amount of $ 10,000 can be a strong incentive, not only is it expected that lawsuits related to the law will occur frequently, but also concerns about the lawsuits may diminish the debate about abortion.
In the United States, since the 1973 Roe v. Wade case ruled that 'women's right to abortion is guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, ' abortion before '24 weeks' in which the foetation can survive outside the womb has occurred. Although it has been legal, the Heartbeat Act has shortened the abortion deadline by as much as 18 weeks. President Joe Biden reportedly issued a statement following the enforcement of the Heartbeat Act, 'allowing Texas women to receive the safe and legal abortion stipulated in the Law vs. Wade case. Therefore, we have instructed the entire government, centered on the Ministry of Health, Social Welfare and the Ministry of Justice, to work on what legal measures the federal government can take. ' Attorney General Merrick Garland said he was 'deeply concerned' about the Heartbeat Act, saying 'we are considering all options to protect women's constitutional rights, including access to abortion.' rice field.
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