Yea but we are talking about how pregnant women are hiring someone to “kill” their child. But only the “killer” can be sued. Why not the potential mother herself?
You asked, I answered.
It’s not the loss of revenue from decreased abortions that would be the driver. it would be the civil lawsuits resulting.
In addition the law allows anyone to sue anyone is they suspect the person assisted the person.
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Yes, we must assist the down-trodden or dull.
Your problem is “allowing”.
It definitely doesn’t say that “life” starts at 6 weeks.
Yes the 7th Amendment specifically mentions damages under dispute.
That’s the key word…it’s the definition of a civil suit…DAMAGE.
It’s how standing is determined.
This is akin to me saying I could sue a criminal for murdering you…even though I never met you and was not damaged in any way, shape or form by your murder.
If you think this is the kind of civil system the founders had in mind…not sure what to say.
Does it say an embryo is dead? A fetus?
Because no conservative want to take the step to punish the mother who contracted the abortion.
As if doctors pick up women off the street, against their will, and abort their babies without permission
Abortion is a choice.
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It’s does not say “life” starts at 6 weeks.
Texas is making that a moral line, not science.
Personally I am wary of suing women for abortions, because you don’t know how much they have been coerced or influenced.
Amendment VII
In suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise reexamined in any court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law.
Where does that say damages?
Under this law, you could sue the Uber driver who took the woman to the clinic.
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Is an embryo dead?
You are right.
Life starts from conception.
I could see how that would be relevant if there was a ban on federal funding of abortion, not a blanket ban.
The affluent people are not the ones getting the abortions in mass.
“When the value in controversy exceeds $20”…
…what do you think that is?
Seriously…this law essentially says I can sue you for committing a crime…even if that crime had nothing to do with me.
You think that’s what civil cases should be?
When does life start?
Off-topic compliment: you type very fast.
Prohibition(s) always backfire. Drugs, abortion, guns, pornography, soda, you name it.
It is wisest to conserve prohibitions, and the enforcement resources, for truly reprehensible behaviors and things: benzene in rivers, child rape and porn, trafficking in persons, poison gas.
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