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[sebastian_dangerfield]

Okay, so this TX law is so stupid I can't really believe that what I've read about it so far is accurate. But the whole fucking world is collapsing in an orgy of idiocy, so it might be true. Anyway, here goes:

1. It gives private citizens the right to sue (or prosecute?) abortion providers who they think might be violating the law.

2. This was done to avoid a constitutional challenge that would accrue from having state actors enforce the law.

3. This was also done to avoid a constitutional challenge that would accrue from allowing women to be sued (or prosecuted?) for having abortions.

Um... How are the impact (subverting the right set forth in Roe) and the motive (intentionally thwarting a federally recognized right) not paramount? The law is using citizens as proxies, and attacking doctors rather than patients, to subvert a constitutional right under Roe.

And how does anyone determine probable cause? Say some officious shitball "citizen deputy" wishes to investigate a violation. How the fuck does this nitwit get around HIPAA?

Is this thing as dumb as it looks, or am I missing some diabolical genius in its construction? Seems to me all TX has done is pass a law so fucking stupid it'll take a few novel but hardly complex arguments, and a little more time than usual, to strike it.