A Texas trigger law is set to go into effect Aug. 25, adding to existing laws banning nearly all abortions. The law increases the criminal and civil penalties for performing an abortion, but doesn’t target the person receiving an abortion.
Abortion rights demonstrators protest outside the U.S. Supreme Court on June 24 after it overturned the landmark Roe v. Wade abortion decision. A Texas law banning almost all abortions will now take effect Aug. 25., our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news.
The law will increase the criminal and civil penalties associated with abortion, but the procedure is already virtually outlawed in Texas under an old statute that was in effect before the high court decided Roe v. Wade in 1973.after the court overturned Roe v. Wade in late June, fearing criminal prosecution under those pre-Roe statutes, which make it a crime punishable by up to five years in prison to provide or “furnish the means” for an abortion.
Both the pre-Roe statute and the trigger law have only narrow exceptions to save the life of the pregnant patient. The trigger law specifically exempts the pregnant patient from prosecution. Immediately after the pre-Roe statutes went into effect, a handful of abortion clinics brought a legal challenge seeking to block them from being enforced. Although they were granted a temporary restraining order,There have been no known legal challenges filed to block the trigger law from going into effect.
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