Could Texas Abortion Ban Strategy Be A Double-Edged Sword?

Dallas TX

12 September, 2021

11:03 AM

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CBS Dallas/Fort Worth September 12, 2021 The legal strategy used to ban most abortions in Texas is increasingly being employed in Republican-led states to target pornography, LGBT rights and other hot-button cultural issues. While private residents filing lawsuits is a fixture of some arenas like environmental law, some warn that expanding it and applying it to new areas could have a boomerang effect if Democrats were to use it on issues like gun control. Attorney General Merrick Garland said the measure could become a model that infringes on constitutional rights in other areas. CBS Local Digital Media personalizes the global reach of CBS-owned and operated television and radio stations with a local perspective.