A Texas doctor who admittedly performed an abortion that was illegal under state law must have a Texas state court determine which, if any, of three “complete strangers” can recover statutory damages against him, a federal court in Illinois ruled.
Texas’ S.B. 8 gives private citizens a right to sue doctors who perform abortions after fetal cardiac activity has been detected and collect $10,000 “per abortion.” But it provides no basis for a federal court to determine who among competing state-court plaintiffs can collect a judgment issued by a Texas court, the US District Court for the Northern District of ...
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