As of last week, it is illegal to receive, give or in any way help someone obtain an abortion after six weeks in Texas, following the Supreme Court’s refusal to block a new state law. The Biden administration is exploring “all options” to challenge the Texas law, but what does the inaction by the highest court in the land mean for the future of Roe v. Wade?
Jim Braude was joined on Greater Boston by Suffolk University constitutional law expert Renée Landers, who is also on the board of Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts.
Landers said that the unique feature of the Texas law — that it outsources enforcement to private citizens — could mean there are several legal avenues to challenge it. But, Landers said, if the Court and other states continue to chip away at Roe V. Wade, abortion access would vary by state.
“There are more than a dozen states that have laws ready to go if that should happen,” she said. “So, it would have an impact beyond just a state like Texas or Mississippi that has a current case pending before the court. But it would not affect what’s going on in a state like Massachusetts.”
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