Variety.While the law seeks to ban abortions six weeks after conception, a stage at which most people don’t even know they are pregnant, the most incendiary part of the mandate says anyone assisting the procedure can be sued in civil court.
This includes medical staff, family members, or even the person driving a patient to a clinic, one report noted.Shortly after the law went into effect this week, the likes of Reese Witherspoon and “The Handmaid’s Tale” star Bradley Whitford decried the ban on social media.
President Joe Biden called it an “unprecedented assault” on women’s reproductive rights. Planned Parenthood President Alexis McGill Johnson predicted that the law will embolden other conservative states, including places like Georgia.
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