Senate Bill 8 (2021)

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Senate Bill 8 (2021) is a highly controversial Texas law that bans most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy and relies on private civil lawsuits for enforcement rather than state action.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
SB 8 1
Senate Bill 8 (2021) canonical 1
Texas Senate Bill 8 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Texas state law ⓘ
United States state statute ⓘ
abortion law ⓘ
allowsCivilActionBy private individuals ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Texas Heartbeat Act ⓘ
linked to: Texas abortion laws
appliesTo abortion providers ⓘ
persons who aid or abet prohibited abortions ⓘ
challengedInCase United States v. Texas (2021) ⓘ
Whole Woman’s Health v. Jackson ⓘ
chamberOfOrigin Texas Senate ⓘ
linked to: Texas Legislature
controversy delegates enforcement to private citizens ⓘ
significantly restricts access to abortion in Texas ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
criticizedBy abortion rights advocates ⓘ
dateSigned 2021-05-19 ⓘ
effectiveDate 2021-09-01 ⓘ
enforcementAuthorityExcluded Texas state officials ⓘ
enforcementMechanism private civil lawsuits ⓘ
statutory damages for successful plaintiffs ⓘ
exceptionType medical emergency ⓘ
exempts pregnant patient from being sued ⓘ
gestationalLimit approximately six weeks of pregnancy ⓘ
influenced subsequent state abortion restrictions ⓘ
jurisdiction State of Texas ⓘ
linked to: Texas
lacksExceptionFor incest ⓘ
rape ⓘ
legalStrategy designed to avoid pre-enforcement review in federal court ⓘ
legislativeBody Texas Legislature ⓘ
legislativeSession 87th Texas Legislature ⓘ
linked to: Texas Legislature
litigation Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization context ⓘ
minimumStatutoryDamages 10000 USD per abortion ⓘ
officeOfSigner Governor of Texas ⓘ
partyAffiliationOfSponsor Republican Party ⓘ
policyArea civil procedure ⓘ
health law ⓘ
prohibits most abortions after detection of fetal cardiac activity ⓘ
providesFor injunctive relief against abortion providers ⓘ
reviewedBy Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
shortName SB 8 ⓘ
signedBy Greg Abbott ⓘ
sponsor Bryan Hughes ⓘ
sponsorChamber Texas Senate ⓘ
linked to: Texas Legislature
subjectMatter abortion regulation ⓘ
civil liability ⓘ
reproductive rights ⓘ
supportedBy anti-abortion activists ⓘ
timePeriod 21st century ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Texas abortion laws → includesKeyStatute → Senate Bill 8 (2021) ⓘ
Senate Bill 8 (2021) → shortName → SB 8 ⓘ
linked to: Senate Bill 8 (2021)
Senate Bill 4 (2021) → relatedTo → Texas Senate Bill 8 (2021) ⓘ
linked to: Senate Bill 8 (2021)
United States v. Texas (2021) → concernsLaw → Texas Senate Bill 8 ⓘ
linked to: Senate Bill 8 (2021)
United States v. Texas (2021) → involvesStatute → Texas Senate Bill 8 (SB 8) ⓘ
linked to: Senate Bill 8 (2021)