{"id":19061,"date":"2021-11-25T17:49:01","date_gmt":"2021-11-25T17:49:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedailyherald.co.uk\/uncategorized\/doctor-sued-for-violating-texas-abortion-ban-countersues-accusers-and-asks-court-to-strike-down-law\/"},"modified":"2021-11-25T17:49:01","modified_gmt":"2021-11-25T17:49:01","slug":"doctor-sued-for-violating-texas-abortion-ban-countersues-accusers-and-asks-court-to-strike-down-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedailyherald.co.uk\/business-markets\/doctor-sued-for-violating-texas-abortion-ban-countersues-accusers-and-asks-court-to-strike-down-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Doctor Sued For Violating Texas Abortion Ban Countersues Accusers And Asks Court To Strike Down Law"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Topline The first Texas doctor to be sued under the state\u2019s new law that bans the vast majority of abortions filed his own lawsuit Tuesday against the three private citizens who brought the litigation, seeking to combine the multiple lawsuits and have the law ruled unconstitutional. Abortion rights activists rally at the Texas State Capitol on September 11 in Austin, Texas. Getty Images Key Facts Dr. Alan Braid, backed by the Center for Reproductive Rights, filed the litigation in federal court in Illinois\u2014where one of the three people who sued Braid lives\u2014to resolve the \u201cconflicting\u201d lawsuits against him. Oscar Stilley, Felipe N. Gomez and Wolfgang P. Hirczy De Mino separately sued Braid under Texas\u2019 Senate Bill 8 (SB 8), which empowers private citizens to enforce the law through lawsuits against anyone who \u201caids and abets\u201d an abortion, after Braid wrote an op-ed in the Washington Post stating that he had violated the law, seeking to spark litigation to get the measure struck down. SB 8 stipulates citizens who win those lawsuits are entitled to at least $10,000 in damages, so Braid asked the court to determine which of the three plaintiffs\u2014if any\u2014would be e&#8230; Click below to read the full story from Forbes<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/alisondurkee\/2021\/10\/05\/doctor-sued-for-violating-texas-abortion-ban-countersues-accusers-and-asks-court-to-strike-down-law\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Topline The first Texas doctor to be sued under the state\u2019s new law that bans the vast majority of abortions filed his own lawsuit Tuesday against the three private citizens who brought the litigation, seeking to combine the multiple lawsuits and have the law ruled unconstitutional. 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