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The Texas Heartbeat Act, which bans abortion after six weeks, is discussed alongside a legal theory presented by Lawrence Tribe on MSNBC. Tribe argues that the law's delegation of enforcement to private citizens violates the 1982 "Grendel's Den" Supreme Court precedent regarding the separation of church and state.
The Texas "Heartbeat Act" goes into effect, banning most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy. The law is unique for its enforcement mechanism, which allows private citizens to sue those who "aid and abet" an abortion. President Biden and the ACLU criticize the law as a violation of constitutional rights, while some speculate the extreme nature of the bill is a political setup to flip Texas to the Democratic party.
