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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(115,366 posts)
Tue Jun 28, 2022, 07:00 PM Jun 2022

Donating to help women get abortions is a First Amendment right - protected by Supreme Court precede

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Several Texas abortion funds – which are charities that help people who can’t afford to get an abortion pay for their travel, lodging and medical bills – paused disbursements on June 24, 2022, after the Supreme Court ruled that Americans have no constitutional right to the procedure.

The Lilith, Equal Access, Frontera and other funds said they were taking this step to assess the legal consequences of the court’s ruling in Texas, which already had some of the nation’s strictest abortion laws. Abortion funds in some other states, including Oklahoma, were also reportedly halting their work.

Some funds active in Texas made this decision based on concerns that their financial assistance to women seeking abortions may now be illegal in that state, as well as fears that their donors could also be sued for violating Texas law.

But as an expert on reproductive rights and First Amendment law who has argued before the Supreme Court, I believe that donating to abortion funds – even in places where helping people get abortions is illegal – is protected by the U.S. Constitution.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/donating-help-women-abortions-first-115931533.html
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Donating to help women get abortions is a First Amendment right - protected by Supreme Court precede (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 2022 OP
Yes, but the state can make it difficult LeftInTX Jun 2022 #1

LeftInTX

(30,002 posts)
1. Yes, but the state can make it difficult
Wed Jun 29, 2022, 01:28 AM
Jun 2022

It does that with groups which want to "Boycott Israel"....
They won't get contracts...

https://www.axios.com/local/austin/2022/06/21/business-texas-contracts-boycott-israel

But the requirements go beyond guns. Companies seeking business with Texas have to certify that they:

Do not boycott energy companies
Do not boycott Israel
Do not require proof of COVID-19 vaccinations
Do not have "a practice, policy, guidance, or directive that discriminates against a firearm entity or firearm trade association"
Are not engaged in business with Iran, Sudan or a foreign terrorist organization
Are not majority owned or controlled by citizens or governmental entities of China, Iran, North Korea or Russia

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