Meet the Quirky Plaintiffs Suing Under the Texas Abortion Law

To quote the inimitable Donald Rumsfeld: “You go to war with the army you have, not the army you might want or wish you had.”

That’s the predicament of the anti-abortion forces in Texas. Though they’re still basking in the glory of passing the harshest abortion law in the land (SB8 bans abortions, even in cases of rape and incest, after the sixth week of pregnancy), they seem chagrined about the inaugural plaintiffs asserting their rights under the Texas Heartbeat Act. (The law allows perfect strangers to sue abortion providers or those who help a woman get an abortion and ...