Speculation based on oral arguments seems to be that even Thomas will say that the plaintiffs lack standing, which would lead to an 8-1 ruling. Alito the hold out.
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My thread covering the abortion drug argument that my fabulous law partner Jess Ellsworth is arguing is below. The argument is close to over and right now it appears there is a wide consensus on the Court that the challenge to the drug will fail. Only Justice Alito appeared to accept the challengers’ theory.
In Exodus, if a man strikes a woman and the woman dies, the penalty is “a life for a life”.
In the same passage, if a man strikes a woman and causes her to miscarry, the penalty is a monetary fine.
Carrying the logic of the woman dying forward, it makes sense that willfully causing the death of another should carry the penalty of death.
Per Alabama’s precedent of using the Bible as law, I propose that any doctor who refuses to perform an abortion resulting in the woman dying shall be put to death.
Texas prosecutor publicly named and charged a woman with murder for a self-administered abortion, fully knowing the charge was illegal. After spending 2 days in jail with her name in the news as a murder suspect, the prosecutor was fined $1,250 and allowed to continue working as a prosecutor. She is now suing for $1M in damages.
The charges were brought up after the hospital allegedly violated HIPAA rights by reporting the suspected abortion to the police. Reminder that Texas is not a friendly place for healthcare, and it is not necessarily safe to disclose details such as regarding your menstrual cycle. It’s DEFINITELY not safe to disclose if you had any kind of miscarriage. Though it’s medically relevant, it’s just not safe to disclose.
Florida also put abortion access ballot measure to put into state constitution on the November ballot.
Does this have any hope of putting Florida in play for Biden? and what does it do for Rick Scott’s reelection bid.
Florida has gone pretty solidly red but they did vote for Obama both times and abortion access initiative in recent cycles have seen Democrats over perform lately.
Yes, in 2022. And that the correct vote. You can see why Ohio tried to sneak in a 60% majority ahead of its vote which also enshrined abortion rights in the constitution.