Talk:Texas Heartbeat Act

Under Construction

TODO: Public reactions, political reactions, international reactions, protest events, legal analysis. Miserlou (talk) 05:53, 2 September 2021 (UTC)

Okay, it's a good bit better than it was before. I'd still like to get some international reactions. Anything else people think it's missing? Miserlou (talk) 13:42, 3 September 2021 (UTC)

Texas Right to Life

What is the provenance of this PAC?

https://www.texasrighttolifepac.com/

kencf0618 (talk) 21:02, 2 September 2021 (UTC)

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Thank you for updating this page so quickly after it went into action, unfortunately. With this being said, I am curious about the conditions that allowed for this bill to be passed in the first place. While the article discusses some reaction, I am curious into a more in depth look at the political, social, and historical factors that fed into this.

Furthermore, Dan Crenshaw's opinion is mentioned but what about that of Republicans? How polarizing is this bill amongst that group? I read this interesting article (https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/09/texas-republicans-abortion-ban-backfire/619956/) which describes the ways it could potentially backfire upon Texas Republicans. Here, (https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2021/09/02/florida-lawmakers-suggest-theyll-copy-texas-abortion-ban-and-other-gop-states-will-likely-follow/?sh=6b9826201bdf) it seems that other states are trying to mimic Texan law.

Besides those things, amazing job -- look forward to reading more! Homedpo (talk) 03:18, 3 September 2021 (UTC)

From what I'm reading most activist corporations are staying silent over the law as they don't want to offend customers and the pro-life v pro-abortion issue is highly emotive. The Republican side appear to think the legislation an unexceptional piece paralleling Democrat efforts in other areas. Democrats and the Left in general appear to see it as some sort of fascist totalitarian tyranny and Taliban type oppression of women, except the Taliban aren't always bad because they've been working with Biden or something. It gets a mite confusing!!!

While I'm seeing a lot of coverage of Left\Far Left opposition to the bill, I'm not really seeing anything other than a Dan Crenshaw quote in the Legal challenges, Reactions, Protests, or Political reactions sections. I'm not sure if that's because the MSM aren't reporting those angles (https://www.foxnews.com/media/news-outlets-react-to-texas-abortion-law) or contributors haven't bothered to add such. I don't expect it'll be difficult to find some coverage to provide a modicum of balance. As for the legislation being unique, I may be mistaken but I thought I'd read that it actually parallels Democrat environmental legislation. I don't recall the details or where I read that so I may be mistaken. Apart from adding a little balance, and I'll stay hands off for a bit, the only significant thing likely worth adding are the court decisions and appeals when they start happening.人族 (talk)

Looking forward to the balance, 人族. Best regards to ya!ElderHap (talk) 15:04, 8 September 2021 (UTC)

How can it be published best to communicate that the Act threatens to punish those who intend to aid in the killing of a child who is being borne in utero by the child's mother? I see a lot of references that characterize the Act as an adverse type of threatening. As a former assistant District Attorney, I was sworn to uphold the peace and dignity of the state, which included prosecuting the deterrent effects of the state's criminal laws. I worked to disincentivize acts that were adverse to society by imposing the threat of punishment. Since many people publicly oppose the adverse nature of abortion, this law is seen by them as promoting society's interest in life, which is the first in the list of constitutional pursuits, i.e., life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.ElderHap (talk) 15:02, 8 September 2021 (UTC)