None of these conditions qualifies for the medical emergency exception in S.B. 8.
The interests that were sufficient in these examples pale in comparison to the interest the United States asserts here—none of those interests involved the potential for large-scale violations of constitutional rights and frustration of core ...
... asserts authority over a State's most fundamental political processes, it strikes at the 32 This case is also unlike the post Armstrong, 575 U.S. 320, cases, where courts have declined to read in statutory causes of action where none ...
8-5, at 7) (“The risk of civil liability, damages, and certain cost of litigation if a provider offers abortion in violation of S.B. 8 (as well as the possibility of a court order stopping the provider from providing abortions) means that none of the ...
Undue Burden Even if S.B. 8 is more properly characterized as a regulation, it is nonetheless unconstitutional because it places an “undue burden” on individuals seeking an abortion.
For example, one provider describes seeing a patient “who has been taking the same contraception consistently for a decade and nonetheless found herself pregnant.
8-2, at 17).61 One provider credibly describes “particular[] concern[s] about the unaccompanied migrant teenagers 58 Gilbert continues, “I saw a patient for counseling who was eligible for an abortion under S.B. 8 but nonetheless broke ...
Currently, the relatively fortunate clients are those who are able to leave Texas, subject nonetheless to delayed abortion care, lengthy travel, and significant time away from work and home.