How Texas's Oldest Abortion Fund Is Responding To The State's Abortion Ban

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : As one of many anti-abortion introduced in the Texas Legislature's 2021 session, it initially sent alarm bells ringing in March and produced full-out panic when Governor Greg Abbott signed it into law in May.
50% : And although donating to the Lilith Fund and like-minded organizations is a great way to ensure S.B.8 does not stand in the way of Texans' access to abortion, the hotline director believes that sharing resources, like NeedAbortion.org, and spreading awareness is the best course of action to prevent similar bans across the country.
46% : While abortion has not been altogether outlawed in Texas, it remains legal only until a fetal heartbeat can be detected about six weeks into pregnancy, which is roughly two weeks after a woman's first missed period.
43% : But with abortion after six weeks now prohibited, women who are further along in gestation have no choice but to leave the state to terminate their pregnancies, so the organization has had to look beyond state lines.
40% : In addition to inhibiting access to abortion -- and violating the Supreme Court's decisions on both Roe v. Wade (1973) and Casey v. Planned Parenthood (1992) -- S.B.8 enables private citizens to enforce the ban by filing lawsuits against anyone who "engages in conduct that aids and abets" an abortion after the six-week mark, be it the patient, the provider, or even a Lyft driver who provides transportation.
36% : This burden of enforcement has already proven to be fear-mongering and confounding to many, which Ward believes is to blame for the Lilith Fund's declining call volume.

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