WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court struck down a Tennessee law on Friday that bars abortion once a fetal heartbeat is detected. Yet a nearly identical ban in Texas remains in effect — in large part because of the novel way the new law outsources enforcement, providing a $10,000 incentive for anyone in the country to sue anyone who “aids …
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September 11, 2021