Jim Crow tactics reborn in Texas abortion law, deputizing citizens to enforce legally suspect provisions
- Written by Stefanie Lindquist, Foundation Professor of Law and Political Science, Arizona State University
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed into law a bill that effectively bans abortion in the state. AP Photo/Eric GayThe new Texas law that bans most abortions uses a method employed by Texas and other states to enforce racist Jim Crow laws in the 19th and 20th centuries that aimed to disenfranchise African Americans.
Rather than giving state officials,...

















