The Texas Abortion Law: One Week Later

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🗓️ 9 September 2021

⏱️ 54 minutes

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The Texas anti-abortion law which the Supreme Court declined to block, took many by surprise. The law prohibits abortions after six weeks, even in the case of rape and incest, and includes a novel civil enforcement provision that would allow private citizens to sue anyone who provides or aids and abets an abortion procedure. In remarks defending the law, Texas Governor Greg Abbott claimed a rape victim could obtain an abortion in the six-week period. Critics, like the Planned Parenthood PAC, responded forcefully tweeting: If you don't understand many people don't even know they're pregnant until after 6 weeks, then you shouldn't be restricting their options. Well talk about the impact the Texas law has had in the state and throughout the nation and how it is resetting the debate on abortion rights. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:49.3	Coming up on forum, a Texas abortion provider says it's become quiet, eerily quiet, since the nation's most
0:56.8	restrictive anti-abortion law took effect there last week. Similarly, a teen hotline operator
1:01.8	that advises minors seeking abortions told the New Yorker that calls have slowed, suspecting
1:07.0	they're afraid to ask for help and have resigned themselves to becoming parents against their will.
1:12.6	We'll talk with providers in Texas and other states about the impact of SB 8, one week after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to step in and stop it.
1:22.6	Join us. This is Forum. I'm Nina Kim. Texas's anti-abortion law, or SB 8, prohibits abortions at six weeks of pregnancy before many realize they're pregnant and with no exceptions for rape or incest.
1:47.0	But Texas Governor Greg Abbott, in his remarks defending the law this week, claimed a rape victim would not be forced to give birth.
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