Her ex-boyfriend, who also wants to take legal action against those who assisted her, is threatening to sue a Texas woman who traveled out of state to seek an abortion.
The anonymous woman apparently went to Colorado in late February to get a legal abortion, and when her former lover Collin Davis learned of her plans, he hired Jonathan Mitchell, an anti-abortion lawyer.
According to The Washington Post, the attorney promised to launch a thorough inquiry if the woman went ahead and had the abortion, which she did.
Molly Duane, senior staff attorney at the Center for Reproductive Rights, emphasized that “people need to understand that it is not a crime to leave Texas or any other state in the country for an abortion.”
But that hasn’t prevented Mr. Davis and his lawyer from taking the woman and those they believe were “participating in the killing of his unborn child” to court, according to a letter obtained by the outlet.
Texas has strong abortion laws that allow individuals to sue anyone who “aids or abets” an unlawful abortion, even though the woman herself cannot be sued. Mr. Davis seems to be arguing that those who assisted his ex-girlfriend are the ones who violated these rules.
But there’s still a problem for Mr. Davis and his lawyer, Mr. Mitchell, because it’s still lawful nationwide to cross state lines for an abortion. Many abortion regulations are hard to enforce, district attorneys told.
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In jurisdictions where abortion is prohibited, “fathers of aborted foetuses may sue for wrongful death, even if the abortion occurs out-of-state,” he said.
A man is suing three women for an abortion that occurred in the weeks following the overturning of Roe v. Wade in 2022. Mr. Mitchell has experience with cases similar to this one.
In one instance, text messages exchanged between the ladies are presented as evidence to support the accusation that the woman’s friends assisted her in obtaining abortion pills.
According to the Center for Reproductive Rights, these instances demonstrate the anti-abortionist movement’s increasing attempts to severely curtail women’s rights.
“Across the country, we are seeing attempts to trap people in states where abortion is criminalised,” Nancy Northup, President and CEO of the Center, stated.
“The anti-abortion movement wants to deny abortion access nationwide, and this is a terrifying step in that direction.”
Prior to the 2024 election, abortion will still be a contentious topic in several states as debates about nearly complete outlaws rage.
A federal judge recently declared that certain abortion-related laws in North Carolina were unconstitutional, and in Arizona, a ban dating back to the Civil War is set to be overturned, but it may be many months before any restrictions are lifted.
Prior to the election in November, both President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris promised to oppose the stringent abortion regulations that are in place in almost half of the US states.
