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Monumental: Texas law banning abortion past 6 weeks stands

This isn't simply a "landmark decision". SB 8 could mark a pivotal step in the dismantling of Roe V. Wade.

Damian Goddard by Damian Goddard
September 2, 2021
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Last updated on September 20th, 2021 at 08:33 am

The Preamble to the United States Constitution begins with “We the people…”

But at no other time in the history of legalized abortion in the country–now spanning some five decades–have the words resonated with such hope for the pro-life movement.

As the clock struck midnight Wednesday in Texas, the US Supreme Court did not intervene in the state banning abortions six weeks into pregnancy. It is without a doubt the closest the nation has come to abolishing Roe V. Wade. And perhaps nobody has summed up the development quite as well as lawyer Danny Cevallos who told NBC, “This law is either brilliant or diabolical, depending on which side of the debate you’re on.”

And why? Because ‘they, the people’ have essentially been deputized to enforce SB 8, not Texas state officials. And the nation is paying attention.

Unlike other states’ pro-life laws, it is Joe and Josephine Pro-Lifer who now have the ability to sue an abortion provider or anyone who may have assisted in procuring an abortion after the 6-week limit. And the penalty is considerable; individuals can seek financial damages of up to $10,000 per defendant.

But until and unless a court blocks #SB8, it will effectively end abortions after the sixth week across Texas; and the fact that #SCOTUS is *letting that happen* is a pretty ominous harbinger of what's likely to come down the road, whether in this case, Dobbs, or another.

/end

— Steve Vladeck (@steve_vladeck) September 1, 2021
Pro-abortion advocates like lawyer Steve Vladeck see SB 8 as an “ominous harbinger” that pre-born lives will be saved.

This also gives new meaning to the phrase “the wild, wild west”. And it is wild, because precedent has always seen the Supreme Court prevent states from banning abortion before viability (usually, at about 22 to 24 weeks). As pro-aborts lamented in a brief to the Washington Post, SB 8 “unquestionably contravenes” said precedent and is “something that has never been allowed to occur in any other state of the nation in the decades since Roe.”

But Texas had hit the ground running. Since the middle of August, all 11 Planned Parenthoods in the state stopped scheduling abortions past six weeks after September 1st. “This law has been wreaking havoc for weeks,” said Ianthe Metzger, who heads state media campaigns for Planned Parenthood. 

But for pro-lifers, this kind of development has been way too long in the making. Said Marjorie Dannenfelser, the president of the Susan B. Anthony List, “The American people are eager to humanize our extreme, outdated abortion laws… We stand with Texas and hope that, soon, the Court will finally unshackle all states to protect the most vulnerable among us.”

Tags: Greg AbbottPlanned ParenthoodpregnancySusan B. Anthony ListTexas GovernorUS Supreme CourtWe the people
Damian Goddard

Damian Goddard

Damian Goddard is a veteran television, radio, and internet broadcaster who garnered international headlines in May 2011 after taking to Twitter in defence of "the traditional and TRUE meaning of marriage".  Not twenty four hours after delivering the tweet, he was fired from his job as anchor for Rogers Sportsnet; one of Canada's two network sports broadcasters.  Damian's extensive broadcast experience also includes work as a news anchor at Sun News Network, a talkshow host at NewsTalk 1010 CFRB in Toronto, and ample experience in the sports realm working for the CBC, Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment (lead host at Raptors NBA TV and LeafsTV), and The Fan 590 in Toronto.  A history major with a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Western Ontario and a devout Roman Catholic, Damian is passionate about world and cultural affairs, the history and future of the Catholic Church, and the Toronto Maple Leafs.

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