LGBTQ+ Groups: SCOTUS Should Have Blocked Texas Abortion Law
The New York Times reports. The state had contended that since it isn’t enforcing the law, it can’t be sued. But the court ruled that certain state officials can be sued, although not others.“Although the Supreme Court has allowed the challenge to SB 8 to proceed against certain state defendants, the Court once again has failed in its obligation to vindicate constitutional rights against an effort by a state to nullify them, with deeply troubling implications,” said a statement issued by Sharon McGowan, legal director and chief strategy officer at Lambda Legal. “The enforcement scheme devised by the state of Texas was intended to create an end-run around judicial review, and a majority of the Court was willing to acquiesce in this scheme to.
