The Texas Lawyer Behind The So-Called "Bounty Hunter" Abortion Ban
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🗓️ 7 May 2023
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Mitchell is also involved in similar efforts by conservative activists in other states. NPR'S Sarah McCammon profiles the Austin, Texas-based attorney.
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| 0:00.0 | They are some of the most divisive issues today. |
| 0:09.3 | Senate Bill 8, the Texas Heartbeat Act. |
| 0:12.9 | Abortion will be banned once a fetal heartbeat is detected. |
| 0:17.0 | The Lano County Library system removed 12 children's books due to their racial and |
| 0:21.2 | LGBTQ content. |
| 0:22.2 | In a first of its kind lawsuit in Texas, the lawsuit is being brought by a man who alleges |
| 0:27.2 | that three women helped his ex-wife get access to medication abortion. |
| 0:31.3 | And there's one man who's been quietly choreographing the legal strategy behind fights waged |
| 0:35.7 | around the country over hotly debated issues like abortion access and bookbats. |
| 0:40.5 | Jonathan Mitchell. |
| 0:41.5 | Jonathan Mitchell. |
| 0:42.5 | Jonathan Mitchell. |
| 0:43.5 | Jonathan Mitchell is a lawyer and former Texas solicitor general who now runs his own law |
| 0:49.1 | firm based in Austin. |
| 0:50.9 | Advising legislators on how to draft their statutes in a way that will make them not only |
| 0:56.1 | effective but also able to withstand a court challenge if one arises and then also litigation |
| 1:03.1 | with representing private individuals or sometimes governmental entities that are facing |
| 1:07.0 | lawsuits or bringing lawsuits. |
| 1:08.5 | Mitchell is the architect of SB8, the Texas law that banned abortions after about six weeks |
| 1:13.5 | of pregnancy and enabled private citizens to sue people they suspected of being involved |
| 1:18.4 | in abortions. |
| 1:19.8 | Some people call it the bounty hunter law. |
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