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Yesterday, Republican GA-06 candidate Jake Evans staked out one of the most radical positions on reproductive rights possible when he backed the most extreme abortion ban in the country: S.B. 8, a Texas bill that makes abortion illegal after six weeks of pregnancy, before many people even know they’re pregnant, and puts a bounty on anyone who tries to help, like doctors and family members.
It’s no surprise Jake Evans is celebrating a vigilante bounty system to punish women and their doctors — the end of safe, legal abortion in America is the future the Republican Party wants. Despite the fact that 77% of Americans support Roe v. Wade and its protections, Jake Evans stood in lockstep with the most fringe, extreme wing of the Republican Party and voiced his support as the Texas abortion ban rendered Roe v. Wade virtually meaningless.
“Jake Evans is so far out of touch with women in Georgia that he backs a near-total abortion ban that puts a bounty on doctors and even family members who try to help,” said DCCC spokesperson Monica Robinson. “Americans support the right to make personal health care decisions, free from interference from politicians. But Jake wants a future where reproductive health care is criminalized and random vigilantes can enforce it. Women won’t forget, and Jake Evans’s support for the cruel abortion ban in Texas will cost him at the ballot box in 2022.”
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
Yesterday, the Supreme Court of the United States refused to intervene as the draconian Republican abortion ban in Texas (S.B. 8) went into effect, all but eliminating access to safe, legal abortion for patients across the state.
The Texas bill is one of the most radical, restrictive abortion bans in the country: It makes abortion illegal after six weeks of pregnancy, long before many women even know they’re pregnant. The legislation also encourages wanna-be vigilantes to target health care providers across the state by allowing virtually anyone — from abusive partners to neighbors to complete strangers — the right to sue any person they believe provided or assisted a patient with accessing an abortion. They can even collect $10,000 for each successful claim.
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