Texas abortion law for OOS students/parents?

My child would not be comfortable in an extremely conservative state. Texas just made a very clear example of why.

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I may catch grief here because I consider myself pro-life, with exceptions of extreme situations where an abortion is medically necessary or In cases of rape or incest. I understand my values don’t align with everyone’s. Even within our family of 3 daughters (2 adults and a teen), we don’t all agree. I struggle with the thought of “what if” my child were raped, this would be a hard circumstance for anyone so I wanted my college bound daughter to be aware of the new law and what it could mean. First and foremost, I want her to know she can come to me without judgement should something happen to her. Secondly, we discussed what one should do if they are raped, not only the options to prevent a pregnancy but what to do to ensure she is taken care of both physically and mentally. Thirdly, we discussed methods of birth control available to her when she decides to become sexually active. I know others disagree with my point of view, but there are so many other options to prevent pregnancy that were not available before Roe. We should educate our daughters on prevention and hopefully abortions will never have to be used to terminate an unplanned pregnancy.

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No matter how much we educate our daughters (and sons) on prevention, there will always be unplanned pregnancies. There will also always be pregnancies that become dangerous to the life of the mother. This law, in effect, ensures that no Texas woman will be able to access abortion services, not in Texas…and maybe not anywhere if there is incentive for other Texans to turn them in.

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My favorite analogy for all of this is Texas thinks that they can mandate this for women, but that no one should mandate if people can wear a mask or get a vaccine. You can have your opinion and I wont try to change it, the issue is making that moral decision for others should not be the job of government.

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I’m disgusted with the criminalizing aspect of this law and it will NEVER stand up. As certain as I breathe, this law will be overturned at some point, but how many women and people who try to help them will suffer in the process? Where is the punishment for men who impregnate women? I am disgusted with the SCOTUS. The five who let this law stand are sick, morally reprehensible people who deserve a special place in Dante’s Inferno.

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This is what’s creating the issue with obtaining an injunction in connection with this law. The government passed the law but doesn’t enforce it. It’s not a criminal statute, it’s enforced by the “public at large” in civil suits for monetary damages. No one goes to jail. Morality is being decided by your fellow citizens not the government. There’s no governmental official who can be named in a lawsuit so who is the TRO issued against?

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There are sites currently advocating the pill as you stated.

Yes.

The real-life Gilead has planted its roots in the state of Texas.

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Your daughters are very lucky to have such a caring and involved mother. Unfortunately many do not.

Totally agree, and no punishment for the men, it’s outrageous!

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You’re prolife and I get it. 100% no issue with that statement, but I’ll counter that no one is pro-death.

I have a huge problem with this however.

We should educate our sons on prevention, and we should teach them not to sexually assault women. I have a son and believe me, he’s been educated on this issue, as has my daughter.

Why do men get a pass? Why isn’t everyone screaming “What about the men?” I don’t care if anyone is pro life or pro choice. I care about equality and fairness. This law is neither.

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I was sexually assaulted which resulted in a pregnancy. I can no longer take birth control pills due to a previous blood clot (I have never smoked a cigarette or done an illegal drug in my life.) I work in healthcare yet did not know I was pregnant till almost 10 weeks.

As they say, science is busy making pills and hormone-altering medications for the wrong person. Men could impregnate thousands of women within 9 months.

Women can die during pregnancy, during childbirth, and the immediate post-partum period due to unforeseen complications.

Many pro-life people are also pro-gun. When is it okay to use a gun against another human being? If the answer is “to protect myself and/or my family,” why then is abortion considered any different? An unwanted child could kill a mother. I think mothers should be allowed to protect themselves.

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What is wildly improbable and legitimately alarmist is that the SCOTUS has effectively allowed vigilante/bounty-hunter jurisdiction over a woman’s personal choice. My dog could have drafted a better statute, but, amazingly, a majority of justices don’t care about this.

There is EVERY reason to be alarmed by this nonsense that will shamefully have a huge impact on many, many women, their children, etc.

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Perhaps Senator McConnell, who blocked consideration of one SCOTUS nominee in 2016 and who ramrodded another in 2020, might also be asked similar questions.

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Maybe they should enact a law that allows citizens to collect a bounty on any man who gets a woman pregnant out of wedlock. That might be more effective than this law.

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That is a ridiculous argument. The law itself is constitutionally invalid based on Roe v. Wade, and could be struck down on that basis alone.

I haven’t fully examined the vigilante/bounty-hunter aspects of this “law” in detail, but I am sure there are issues with that as well.

This law is a joke. But what is really pathetic is SCOTUS’s allowing the law to stand.

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Also, how about a bounty on those who don’t wear masks. Aren’t they endangering both the mother and the fetus? Seems pretty dangerous to me.

Seriously, I don’t mean to make light of this. However, what Texas did is absurd. What SCOTUS didn’t do is BEYOND absurd.

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I’m not saying it won’t be struck down I was explaining why SCOTUS and other courts will have difficulty issuing TROs to stay its implementation.

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I am not sure it will be struck down, to be very honest. This law was so ridiculous that it should have been enjoined.

There is a clear defendant here, and it is the state of Texas for enacting this “law”. Trying to be cute to deputize Barney Fife/Gomer Pyle-type “citizen’s arrests” is absurd.

Under any circumstance, the law COULD be challenged by a non-partistan/reasonable court. Do we have that anymore with the SCOTUS? Time will tell…

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But the girls and women of Texas don’t have that time. There are girls and women in Texas every single day who find out that they’re pregnant, and now many of them cannot get an abortion. At best, their frirst trimester abortions will be turned into second trimester abortions. At worst, they will be forced to give birth, against their will. They don’t have the luxury of knowing that eventually this law will be overturned. They needed it overturned a few days ago, before it took effect.

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