The State of Texas recently passed a new abortion law that can be enforced by just about any citizen. 

The new law states that abortions can no longer take place after six weeks from the pregnant person’s last menstural cycle.The government is not enforcing this law as it requires citizens to enforce by suing. 

Some feel that this law basically eliminates abortions in the state of Texas. Especially due to the fact many women in the United States do not know that they are pregnant by 6 weeks. 

Under these laws it makes it almost impossible for someone to get an abortion. For a woman to try to get a judicial bypass is very difficult and some may say impossible. Once the teeneager is able to get infront of the a judge and plead her case as why she should be allowed to get an abortion, the judge now has 5 days to make his decision.

If the judge denies her case, the woman now has no other options but to have the baby. This is due to the fact that an appeal process would take too long.

  Many people are upset due to the fact people who were raped have few options to abort the child. Although the Texas Governor, Greg Abbot says, “It provides at least six weeks for a person to be able to get an abortion.” The reason people are upset is that many women do not know they are pregnant till at least four weeks. 

The toll on women may be the worst thing for these women as a study of a large number of women found that women who were forced to have the child suffered extreme physical and mental concerns. The concern does not just stop there it also continues with financial struggles. 

The Washington Post Reported that this new law in Texas may be spreading into other states throughout the United States. It is reported that seven states have considered copying Texas’ new abortion law.

The law is protected from the Supreme Court since the law is enforced by private Citizens. This was purposefully designed to withstand any unconstitutional claims. 

Sonia Sotomayer, a Supreme Court Justice, said, “an extraordinary step of enlisting private citizens to do what the State could not.” Nothing in this law has been proven to be unconstitutional even though many do not agree with the law.
An important part is when a lawsuit is filed, the civilian is suing the person or place that gives performs the abortion not the patient. 

Overall, there are many different opinions in the United States about this abortion law. There will never be the same opinion on this issue so this problem will continiue for years to come. 

https://www.texastribune.org/2021/09/10/texas-abortion-law-ban-enforcement/ https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/13/opinion/abortion-texas-teens.html?searchResultPosition=2