Texas Doctor Alan Braid Sued For Performing Abortion Illegal Under New Law
Dr. Alan Braid, a San Antonio doctor who performed an abortion, is facing multiple lawsuits for defying the new restrictive Texas abortion law, which bans abortion after six weeks. In a Washington Post opinion column, Braid revealed himself to be the first doctor to openly violate the new Texas law. In his op-ed, Braid wrote: “I fully understood that there could be legal consequences — but I wanted to make sure that Texas didn’t get away with its bid to prevent this blatantly unconstitutional law from being tested.” Though prosecutors cannot take legal action against Braid, private citizens ar...