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September 21, 2021

Supreme Court to Hear Challenge to Roe v. Wade; Texas Doctor Sued for Performing Abortion
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The U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear arguments in December on a case
involving a Mississippi law that bans most abortions 15 weeks into a
pregnancy. Reproductive justice advocates warn the case poses a direct
threat to the landmark 1973 decision in Roe v. Wade.

In related news, a doctor in San Antonio, Texas, is being sued after
admitting to performing an abortion in violation of a new Texas law. The
legislation bans all abortions in the state after six weeks - before
most people even realize they are pregnant - and allows for private
citizens to sue anyone who "aids and abets" a person in getting an
abortion. The civil lawsuit against physician Alan Braid was filed by a
man in Arkansas, who has no connection to the abortion at issue and who
said he filed the suit in part because of the potential $10,000 reward
he could receive if the lawsuit is successful.


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