Tomorrow, the Texas House will hear SB 8 and HB 1280—bills that effectively ban abortion in Texas.
#SB8 & #HB1280 are forced pregnancy bills, and they must be stopped. 1/ #txlege
#SB8 & #HB1280 are forced pregnancy bills, and they must be stopped. 1/ #txlege

There is no beating heart at that point of pregnancy. Only cellular electrical flickers can be detected. 2/
At 4 weeks pregnancy (6 wks gestation), most people haven’t even begun to consider whether or not they are pregnant.
That means that at the time when most people go to the doctor to find out *if* they are pregnant, it will already be too late to consider an abortion under SB 8
That means that at the time when most people go to the doctor to find out *if* they are pregnant, it will already be too late to consider an abortion under SB 8
SB 8 grants no exception in the case of rape or incest.
Not only does SB 8 force women to go through with a pregnancy regardless of their circumstances, it also imposes a civil cause of action on healthcare providers & anyone accused of “aiding & abetting” an abortion. 4/
Not only does SB 8 force women to go through with a pregnancy regardless of their circumstances, it also imposes a civil cause of action on healthcare providers & anyone accused of “aiding & abetting” an abortion. 4/

Here’s what that could mean for Texans:
A rapist could sue a doctor if they provide an abortion to the survivor of rape or incest
Someone who lives in Oklahoma (or anywhere in the US) could sue you if you so much as respond to a friend with the location of an abortion clinic




Not only is SB 8 a violation of constitutional rights to abortion, it’s a disaster for our legal and medical systems.
This bill opens the door to frivolous lawsuits that will paralyze our medical systems and flood our courts. 8/
This bill opens the door to frivolous lawsuits that will paralyze our medical systems and flood our courts. 8/
We may not agree on the issue of abortion, but we should all be able to agree that #SB8 invites out-of-state extremists to use our legal system to harass doctors and healthcare providers who are simply doing their job within the letter of the law. 9/