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The Republican led mob that resulted in the assault on our capital in January was a prelude to this latest sanctioning of lawless vigilante rule.

The fallout continues after the passage of Texas SB8, a bill that is the most extreme yet limiting abortion rights and defying the U.S. Constitution. Planned Parenthood, as well as a growing number of other organizations are taking legal steps supporting women’s healthcare – including Lyft, which has created a Driver Legal Defense Fund to cover 100% of legal fees for drivers sued under SB8.

Justice Sotomayor of the Supreme Court wrote a blistering dissent over the court’s in-actions that allowed SB8 to proceed. She said the new law was “clearly unconstitutional under existing precedents” and “a breathtaking act of defiance of the Constitution, of this Court’s precedents, and of the rights of women seeking abortions throughout Texas.”

She singled out the law’s section that makes private citizens responsible for enforcing the law via civil lawsuits, putting a $10,000 reward on any suit that finds someone “aided” an abortion after six weeks. “In effect, the Texas Legislature has deputized the State’s citizens as bounty hunters, offering them cash prizes for civilly prosecuting their neighbors’ medical procedures,” Sotomayor said. Continue reading →