They don’t need legions. They just need one or a couple of test cases. People wouldn’t have to self-fund, either – I imagine there will be donations to fund such cases.

And the law itself may have a chilling effect even without any cases, if most doctors don’t want to assume the risk.

Don’t forget, bringing a civil suit is costly, so I think the risk of legions of massively funded Karens plaguing doctors en masse is far fetched. And there’s also the medical emergency clause.

If she gets pregnant, it’s solely her decision and thus her responsibility. No say in the decision, no responsibility.

That is the unintended consequence.

I think the law was too clever by half; may be mostly an effort to serve the Progressives a heaping helping of their own nasty Lawfare practice; and is going to paralyze the state and perhaps the nation. The Supremes’ punt won’t last long.

I’m not at all sure that’s correct. I was around prior to Roe, and my recollection is that there was a ton of abortion of the illegal back alley variety. I know a great many people who had abortions back then, before it was legal. Very harrowing tales. Some of them were very young indeed (mid-teens). Some have regretted it ever since. Probably none of them appear in statistics, because it was done secretly.

In addition, there were a lot of shotgun weddings. A lot. And lastly, there were many children given up for adoption.

I can’t compare the number of unwanted pregnancies then and now. It may indeed be significantly higher now. But it was quite high then, and people just dealt with it in different ways.

I agree, though, that in an age of widely available effective birth control, unwanted pregnancy should be quite rare. But it’s not.

To its passionate advocates abortion signifies freedom and independence. Fetus be damned. Heartbeat be damned. Make the world safe for AOC and Megan Rapinoe !

If the Texas Democrats stop talking about taking the guns and run on repealing this law they could capture the huge independent vote in Texas, changing things in very unpredictable ways. Decriminalizing gun possession by law abiding people is overwhelmingly popular in Texas. That is how so-called Constitutional Carry is perceived here.

Texas is not a Red State as much as it is an Independent Leave Me Alone state. What might happen if former Independents become a dominant voice in the Democrat Party? Who will lead when the Boomers age out? It won’t be Beto. An entirely new Texas Democrat Party may be the result of this law.

What message will the Texas GOP coalesce around when faced with destruction in 2022? It is hard to see any single issue pro-lifer change or let go, and they control every office from Precinct Committee Person up in the GOP. What we may see are GOP incumbents moving away from the pro-lifers to save themselves.

Straight ticket voting is not allowed in Texas. This could result in GOP for national offices and Democrats for State Legislature.

The future just got much much more opaque.