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ABORTION – An American gynecologist said this weekend that he had raped Texas’ new abortion law, exposing himself to prosecution that could allow testing in court the constitutionality of this text.
In a column published by the Washington post, Alan Braid explains having performed an abortion on September 6 on a woman who “was beyond the new limit set by the conservative state” in the southern United States.
The doctor, who has 45 years of professional experience, explains that he acted in accordance with his “obligation of care” towards his patient, and out of respect for “his fundamental right” to be taken care of.
“I know very well that there could be legal consequences, but I want to be sure that the bet of Texas, which seeks to avoid the examination of its clearly unconstitutional law, does not work,” he adds.
The new law, which came into force on September 1, prohibits abortion – even in cases of rape or incest – once the embryo’s heartbeat is detected, i.e. at around six weeks of pregnancy.
It contradicts the jurisprudence of the Supreme Court of the United States which recognized, from 1973, a right of women to abort as long as the fetus is not viable, that is to say at about 22 weeks of pregnancy.
Despite everything, the country’s highest court has so far refused to suspend it citing “new procedural issues”.
Another open legal route
The text indeed includes an unprecedented provision: it entrusts the task of applying the measure “exclusively” to citizens, called upon to file a complaint against any person suspected of having helped a woman to have an abortion after six weeks of pregnancy.
This legal jurisdiction has so far made it difficult for federal courts to intervene: Abortion advocates typically sue law enforcement prosecutors, but in the case of Texas, they have not. no one to cite as long as no complaint has been filed.
Doctor Braid’s confession should make it possible to break this impasse. If he is sued, he can challenge the legality of the law and a court can decide.
Another legal route has been opened in parallel by the government of Democratic President Joe Biden, which has filed a complaint directly against the state of Texas for violation of the Constitution.
See also on The HuffPost: In Texas, this high school student takes advantage of the graduation to defend the right to abortion
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