That this sort of 'legislation' has even gotten this far is a mystery, the insanity of it just going beyond government reach. The GOP crows about 'too much government,' well, this is their way around it. What next? I fear to think about what my neighbors in this deeply red area of NJ might sue ME for.... existing as a Democrat?
One thing I can't help but wonder about. We're seeing taxpayer money being wasted on this vigilante lawsuits, but where is the money coming from for the $10K bounty and legal fees? Taxpayers, too? Yet the state's infrastructure continues to crumble, as we've seen with the electrical grid. But by all means, let's stop that young woman from exercising her LEGAL right to her own bodily autonomy and healthcare procedures. If this vigilante 'law' is allowed to stand, I will hate this country more and more. Stop the madness.
The bounties are authorized to be collected by the litigants with the court’s backing. So the abortion providers would have to pay the bounties, in effect.
I believe the court will rule that Texas’s scheme was an illegal one, while passing on the question of the constitutionality of Roe v. Wade until it addresses it in December. I hate to say this, but Kavanaugh will be the deciding factor, and possibly either Gorsuch or Barrett, but if we get to only five votes it would be his that makes the difference. Which is terrifying.
That this sort of 'legislation' has even gotten this far is a mystery, the insanity of it just going beyond government reach. The GOP crows about 'too much government,' well, this is their way around it. What next? I fear to think about what my neighbors in this deeply red area of NJ might sue ME for.... existing as a Democrat?
One thing I can't help but wonder about. We're seeing taxpayer money being wasted on this vigilante lawsuits, but where is the money coming from for the $10K bounty and legal fees? Taxpayers, too? Yet the state's infrastructure continues to crumble, as we've seen with the electrical grid. But by all means, let's stop that young woman from exercising her LEGAL right to her own bodily autonomy and healthcare procedures. If this vigilante 'law' is allowed to stand, I will hate this country more and more. Stop the madness.
The bounties are authorized to be collected by the litigants with the court’s backing. So the abortion providers would have to pay the bounties, in effect.
Any predications on how the Court will rule?
I believe the court will rule that Texas’s scheme was an illegal one, while passing on the question of the constitutionality of Roe v. Wade until it addresses it in December. I hate to say this, but Kavanaugh will be the deciding factor, and possibly either Gorsuch or Barrett, but if we get to only five votes it would be his that makes the difference. Which is terrifying.