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CV NEWS FEED // Texas Right to Life is challenging the illegal trafficking of abortion pills into the state with the hope of filing several civil lawsuits.
Houston news outlet KTRH reported that Texas has numerous laws that went into effect after the reversal of Roe v. Wade and that those laws have helped protect life in the state, but many of the laws aren’t enforced and still allow illegal abortions to be obtained. Texas Right to Life’s hope is that filing civil lawsuits will hold the justice system and pro-abortion politicians accountable.
Texas Right to Life President Dr. John Seago told KTRH that the laws have not stopped pro-abortion groups and activists from promoting illegal abortions or transferring abortion pills into the state.
“This category of civil liability really gives regular citizens the right to go and correct a wrong, and hold those accountable that have participated in illegal activity,” he said.
According to KTRH, the lawsuits will be filed against people involved with providing illegal abortions, whether surgical or chemical.
Seago told Houston news outlet Chron, “We have to respond to the escalating attacks that are promoting illegal activity and subversion of our laws.”
“There are some deficits in our law, some areas that need to be corrected to make sure we’re catching all aiding and abetting and attempts to organize ways to break our law,” he said. “But there’s also litigation that needs to happen to start getting precedent and holding individuals accountable for their violation of the law, their aiding and abetting, their involvement in criminal activity.”
The Washington Post reported in November that Texas Right to Life is also searching for men who want to sue people or organizations for helping their wives or girlfriends obtain abortions.
“That’s the type of thing you’re going to see more of, these types of civil cases,” Seago said, according to Chron. “There’s a couple there, a father and a mother of the child. But behind that, there’s entities that were conspiring to promote illegal activity in Texas. And under circumstances, they would be charged with conspiracy to commit homicide.”
Chron reported that Texas Right to Life has now turned to conservative Christian politicians and judges to uphold abortion laws in the state, citing a lack of trust in other politicians.
“We can’t trust the district attorney of Bexar County [Joe Gonzales]. We can’t trust the district attorney of Travis County [José P. Garza] to do their job when it comes to this topic,” Seago said. “That’s why we’ve turned to civil liability.”
Both Gonzales and Garza are Democrats.
