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They ask the Supreme Court to block Texas law that seeks to ban abortion after the sixth week

2021-08-31T02:47:46.543Z


Clinics and other reproductive health service providers in the state request the highest court to prevent its entry into force on September 1. The legislation would allow anyone who helps a woman obtain an abortion to sue.


A group of activists and organizations in defense of women's rights on Monday asked the Supreme Court for an emergency measure to stop the implementation of an anti-abortion law in Texas that could especially affect those of Latino origin.

The measure, which is scheduled to take effect this Wednesday if the country's highest court does not block it sooner, will ban abortions after six weeks of gestation, severely restricting access to a legal and safe abortion: a procedure that is legal in the country since 1973. In addition, it will allow citizens to sue doctors to provide the service, even in cases of rape or incest.

“At six weeks of gestation, most people who are pregnant still don't know it

,” Gabriela Benazar Acosta, press spokeswoman for Planned Parenthood, one of the organizations that has submitted the emergency request, said in an interview with Noticias Telemundo. before the Supreme Court.

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Specifically, the law prohibits abortion after fetal heart activity, a controversial medical term that has been tried in other Republican-ruled states to restrict abortion in early pregnancy, so far without success.

However, unlike these 12 states that have tried to implement these laws, the measure signed by Republican Governor Gregg Abbott does not force state officials to implement the ban, but rather depends on

individuals to sue abortion providers or anyone who has assisted someone with an abortion after the six-week limit.

It also states that

these individuals can receive up to $ 10,000 for each claim won

.

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“You can sue people you don't know.

She can sue the friends who knew she was going to have the abortion, the priest who confessed her, the driver who took her, the whole circle of people around, ”said Benazar Acosta.

"Instead of loving your neighbor, it seems that the commandment is a demand of your neighbor," he added.

The last opportunity

The law was approved in May and the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals refused to block it, so the Supreme Court intervention is the plaintiffs' last chance to stop it before it takes effect, when it will be more difficult to challenge it, adds the spokeswoman for the main provider of abortion services in the country.

85% of pregnancy terminations in Texas occur after the first six weeks of gestation, according to data presented by the plaintiffs.

As a result, abortion service providers and activists warn in the court document that the law could cause many clinics to close, resulting in even more restricted access, even for people who would qualify under the new law.

In this Wednesday, March 4, 2020, file photo, abortion rights protesters, including Jaylene Solache of Dallas, Texas (right), demonstrate in front of the Supreme Court in Washington.

For Latina women,

the barriers to accessing abortion are even higher.

SB 8, as it is officially called, would further complicate this already precarious situation.

"If access to abortion is prohibited so early, this means that people who do need an abortion are going to have to travel out of state," explained Benazar Acosta.

For low-income people, taking a trip to another state increases the cost of an abortion substantially.

If you add to this that the majority of people in poverty do not have health insurance, the cost of the service rises dramatically.

In Texas,

20% of Latina women live below the poverty line.

[The cases of Manuela and Sara in El Salvador are an example of how the total ban on abortion threatens the lives of the poorest]

However, abortion service providers and medical experts warn that these types of restrictive measures do not end demand, but instead direct it towards black markets and dangerous home remedies, putting the health of the people who require it at risk. of a medical intervention.

"The damage this law will cause will be insurmountable for many Texans, particularly Blacks, Latinos, Native Americans, and those with low incomes,

as well as those living in rural areas who already face significant barriers to health care," he said in a statement. Alexis McGill Johnson, president of Planned Parenthood.

Meanwhile,

Abbott praised the law

stating that it "guarantees that the life of every unborn child, whose heart beats, is saved from the ravages of abortion."

Supreme Court justices will soon consider the legality of a Mississippi ban on most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy.

Source: telemundo

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