Photo by Jordan Vonderhaar/Getty Images By Malaika Jabali ·Updated October 22, 2021
Just when we thought the conservative U.S. Supreme Court might want to do right— after they decided to hear a federal challenge to the extreme Texas abortion ban— they predictably went off course.
Senate Bill 8, or S.B.8, prohibits abortions after 6 weeks. It also has the unusual feature of allowing private citizens to sue those who don’t comply with the law,