A thought on the new Texas abortion law
Jan. 3rd, 2022 02:46 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
I once played this godawful cyberpunk game where one of the subplots is bigotry against furries. The best part of the game is the dialogue tree with an anti-furry activist. He's quite specific about how he has nothing against people who become furries for medical reasons, and only opposes people who become furries as a lifestyle choice. Then you get him talking about what he’s actually doing, and it’s stuff like allowing landlords to refuse to rent to furries. He doesn’t address, and doesn’t seem to particularly care about, how some random landlord would know the difference between a medical furry and a lifestyle furry. He just takes it for granted that anyone who would end up homeless deserves it.
If I understand Legal Eagle’s video correctly, the law is supposed to allow for abortion if the mother’s life is in danger. But it allows suits from people who would have no idea whether the mother’s life is in danger or not. You’re probably not going to have enough money to fight it, and even if you win and prove your life is in danger, you’re not going to get your attorney’s fees back. And of course, there’s the question of how long you have to wait to resolve the damn court case while hoping you don’t bleed out and die. It seemed like the people who created the law didn’t bother to think about that, and just assumed anyone who would be affected by the law is a “dirty slut” or whatever the fuck.
If I understand Legal Eagle’s video correctly, the law is supposed to allow for abortion if the mother’s life is in danger. But it allows suits from people who would have no idea whether the mother’s life is in danger or not. You’re probably not going to have enough money to fight it, and even if you win and prove your life is in danger, you’re not going to get your attorney’s fees back. And of course, there’s the question of how long you have to wait to resolve the damn court case while hoping you don’t bleed out and die. It seemed like the people who created the law didn’t bother to think about that, and just assumed anyone who would be affected by the law is a “dirty slut” or whatever the fuck.
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Date: 2022-01-03 09:55 pm (UTC)