Here's What the Texas Abortion Law Says

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : (1973) or Planned Parenthood v. Casey, 505 U.S. 833 (1992)
51% : The "undue burden" language is significant because that is the standard by which federal courts evaluate abortion restrictions under Planned Parenthood v. Casey, the 1992 ruling that affirmed Roe v. Wade.
46% : Any person, including an entity, attorney, or law firm, who seeks declaratory or injunctive relief to prevent this state, a political subdivision, any governmental entity or public official in this state, or any person in this state from enforcing any statute, ordinance, rule, regulation, or any other type of law that regulates or restricts abortion or that limits taxpayer funding for individuals or entities that perform or promote abortions, in any state or federal court, or that represents any litigant seeking such relief in any state or federal court, is jointly and severally liable to pay the costs and attorney's fees of the prevailing party.
40% : Previous laws sought to criminalize abortion at a certain point in pregnancy, with the state prosecuting violators.
35% : Abortion is prohibited if cardiac activity is detectable, and the language makes clear that doctors cannot skirt the ban by using unreliable methods of detection.
32% : A new Texas law that the Supreme Court did not block last week has made abortion functionally illegal in the state.
26% : The Texas abortion law, known as Senate Bill 8, amounts to a nearly complete ban on abortion in the state.

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